Etymology

Varghese

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Today it means: A surname from Malayalam. Full definition →

Malayalam വർഗീസ് ← Classical Syriac ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ← Ancient Greek Γεώργιος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΓεώργιος
  2. Classical Syriac · derived fromܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ
  3. Malayalam · borrowed fromവർഗീസ്
  4. English todayVarghese

Borrowed from Malayalam വർഗീസ് (vaṟgīsŭ), from Classical Syriac ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ (gēwargis), from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

Words from the same roots

Classical Syriacܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ all →

Geevarghese

Ancient GreekΓεώργιος all →

GeorgiaJorge

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