Etymology

Nethaniah

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Full definition →

Latin Nathanias ← Ancient Greek Ναθανίας ← Hebrew נְתַנְיָה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromנְתַנְיָה
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΝαθανίας
  3. Latin · learned borrowing fromNathanias
  4. English todayNethaniah

Learned borrowing from Latin Nathanias, from Ancient Greek Ναθανίας (Nathanías), from Hebrew נְתַנְיָה (netanyá), variant of נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu). Doublet of Netanyahu.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewנְתַנְיָה all →

Netanya

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