Etymology

Diane

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Today it means: A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century Full definition →

French Diane ← Latin Diāna
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromDiāna
  2. French · borrowed fromDiane
  3. English todayDiane

An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana

Words from the same roots

FrenchDiane all →

steak Diane

LatinDiāna all →

Dianadianium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.