Etymology

Esteban

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Today it means: A surname from Spanish. Full definition →

Spanish Esteban ← Latin Stephanus ← Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*stegʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stégʷʰeti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*stékʷʰō
  4. Ancient Greekστέφω (stéphō)
  5. Ancient Greekστέφᾰνος (stéphănos)
  6. Ancient GreekΣτέφανος (Stéphanos)
  7. LatinStephanus
  8. SpanishEsteban
  9. English todayEsteban

Borrowed from Spanish Esteban.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.