Etymology

Bethan

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Today it means: A female given name from Aramaic, variant of Bethany, transferred use of the biblical place name. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Βηθανία ← Aramaic בית עניא
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The story

  1. Aramaic · derived fromבית עניא“house of wretchedness”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒηθανία
  3. English todayBethan

Shortened form of Bethany, from Ancient Greek Βηθανία (Bēthanía), from Aramaic בית עניא (beth anya, “house of wretchedness”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΒηθανία all →

BethanyBethanien

Aramaicבית עניא all →

BethanyBethanien

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.