The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΒερενῑ́κη“bringer of victory”
- English todayBerenice
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). Doublet of Veronica.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.