Stephen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-nós
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣτέφανος
3. Latin · derived fromStephanus
4. English todayStephen

From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”). From *stegʷʰ- (“to enlace”) + -νος (-nos, suffix forming an adjective or noun) from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem).

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