Etymology

Supan

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German Supan ← Proto-Slavic *županъ ← Slovene Zupan
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The story

  1. Tagalog · borrowed fromSupan
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*županъ
  3. Slovene · derived fromZupan
  4. Proto-Slavic · derived from*županъ
  5. German · borrowed fromSupan
  6. English todaySupan

Various origins: * Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Supan, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon region.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*županъ all →

zupanSuppanSchuppan

SloveneZupan all →

zupanSuppan

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