eden

Eden · proper noun, noun¹

1. Sumerian · derived from𒂔“steppe, garden”
2. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromעֵדֶן
3. English todayEden

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).

Eden · proper noun²

1. Old English · derived from*Eadhelmesbrycg“Eadhelm's bridge”
2. Latin · derived fromItuna
3. English todayEden

* The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British Latin Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name. * The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English *Eadhelmesbrycg (“Eadhelm's bridge”) (attested as Eadelmesbregge c. 1100).

Words from the same roots