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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΔημήτριος
- English todayDemetrius
From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.
Words from the same roots
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Dimitri
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.