The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈθανάσιος“undying one”
- Russian · borrowed fromАфана́сий
- English todayAfanasy
From Russian Афана́сий (Afanásij), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios, “undying one”). Doublet of Athanasius and Athanasios.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekἈθανάσιος all →
Athanasius
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.