The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣωσῐ́πᾰτρος
- Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromSōsipater
- English todaySosipater
From Ecclesiastical Latin Sōsipater, from Ancient Greek Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος (Sōsĭ́pătros), from σῴζω (sōízō, “save”) + πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”), literally “savior of the father.” The second element takes its form from the native Latin pater (“father”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.