Etymology

Roxane

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Today it means: A female given name from Old Persian. Full definition →

French Roxane ← Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη ← Old Persian *rauxšnā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lówksneh₂
  2. Old Persian · derived from*rauxšnā
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromῬωξᾱ́νη
  4. French · derived fromRoxane
  5. English todayRoxane

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Luna.

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekῬωξᾱ́νη all →

Roxana

Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂ all →

luna

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