Savas

The story

1. Aramaic · derived fromסבא“grandfather, old man”
2. Greek · borrowed fromΣάββας
3. Turkish · borrowed fromSavaş
4. English todaySavas

Both from Turkish Savaş and Greek Σάββας (Sávvas), the latter from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”). Several variants exist, such as Savvides, Savvopoulos, Savopoulos, Sava, Savvas.

Words from the same roots