Elizabeth

The story

1. Proto-Semitic*ʔil-
2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (el)
3. Biblical Hebrewנִשְׁבַּע (nishbá)
4. Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)
5. Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ (Elisábet)
6. Middle EnglishElizabeth
7. English todayElizabeth

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.

Words from the same roots