Michael

The story

1. Biblical Hebrewמִי (mí)
2. Biblical Hebrewכַּ־ (ka-)
3. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (él)
4. Biblical Hebrewמִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl)
5. Koine GreekΜῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl)
6. LatinMichāēl
7. Old FrenchMiche
8. LatinMichāēl
9. LatinMichāhē
10. Old EnglishMichahel
11. Middle EnglishMichael
12. English todayMichael

From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, from their source Latin Michaēl, Michāhēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Miguel and Mikhail.

Words from the same roots