Zenobia

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromزَيْنَب“Zaynab”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΖηνοβίᾱ
3. Latin · derived fromZēnobiā
4. English todayZenobia

From Latin Zēnobiā, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβίᾱ (Zēnobíā), name of a third century Queen of Palmyra. Ostensibly from Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), but also suggested to be a rendering of the Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, “Zaynab”). First recorded as an English given name in Cornwall in 1586.

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