Moses

The story

1. Egyptian · derived fromN35A“water”
2. Egyptian · derived fromms-s“to give birth to”
3. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromמֹשֶׁה
4. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜωσῆς
5. Latin · borrowed fromMōsēs
6. English todayMoses

From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).

Words from the same roots