The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστέφανος“that which surrounds, crown, wreath”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστεφανίζω“to crown”
- English todayStephan
Ultimately from Ancient Greek στεφανίζω (stephanízō, “to crown”) & Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “that which surrounds, crown, wreath”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστεφανίζω all →
Stefan
Ancient Greekστέφανος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.