Etymology

Eudocia

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

Latin Eudocia ← Ancient Greek Εὐδοκία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεὐδοκία“satisfied or satisfying one”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΕὐδοκία
  3. Latin · borrowed fromEudocia
  4. English todayEudocia

From Latin Eudocia, from Ancient Greek Εὐδοκία (Eudokía), from Ancient Greek εὐδοκία (eudokía, “satisfied or satisfying one”), from εὐδοκέω (eudokéō, “to be well-pleased or well-pleasing”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming adjectives”), from εὐ- (eu-, “eu-: good”) + δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, to be thought, to seem”). Doublet of Evdokia.

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