Etymology

Chloe

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Today it means: A female given name from Ancient Greek. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χλόη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχλόη“young green shoot”
  2. English todayChloe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

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