Etymology

isabel

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Today it means: Synonym of isabella. Full definition →

Spanish Isabel ← Old Occitan Elisabel ← Latin Elisabeth
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromאֱלִישֶׁבַע“my God is an oath”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἘλισάβετ
  3. Latin · derived fromElisabeth
  4. Old Occitan · derived fromElisabel
  5. Spanish · borrowed fromIsabel
  6. English todayIsabel

From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.

Words from the same roots

SpanishIsabel all →

Port Isabel

Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ all →

ElizabethElisabeth

Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע all →

Elisabeth

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.