The story
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromלֵוִי“Levi”
- Russian · derived fromЛевин
- French · borrowed fromLevine
- English todayLevine
Borrowed from French Levine, from Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levin.
Words from the same roots
RussianЛевин all →
levin
Biblical Hebrewלֵוִי all →
LevilevinLewi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.