Etymology

Mateo

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Today it means: A male given name from Spanish. Full definition →

Spanish Mateo ← Latin Matthaeus ← Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromמַתִּתְיָהוּ
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜατθαῖος
  3. Latin · derived fromMatthaeus
  4. Spanish · borrowed fromMateo
  5. English todayMateo

From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew.

Words from the same roots

LatinMatthaeus all →

Matthew

Ancient GreekΜατθαῖος all →

Matthew

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.