Etymology

Gaetan

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Today it means: A male given name from French, equivalent to English Cajetan. Full definition →

French Gaëtan ← Italian Gaetano ← Latin Caiētānus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromCaiētānus
  2. Italian · derived fromGaetano
  3. French · borrowed fromGaëtan
  4. English todayGaetan

From French Gaëtan and Gaétan, from Italian Gaetano, from Latin Caiētānus.

Words from the same roots

ItalianGaetano all →

Cajetan

LatinCaiētānus all →

Cajetan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.