Etymology

Melanie

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

French Mélanie ← Latin Melania ← Ancient Greek μέλας
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλας“black, dark”
  2. Latin · derived fromMelania
  3. French · borrowed fromMélanie
  4. English todayMelanie

From French Mélanie, from Latin Melania, the name of two Roman fifth century saints, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέλας all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.