The story
- Hebrew · derived fromאֱלִישֶׁבַע“my God is an oath”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἘλισάβετ
- Latin · derived fromElisabeth
- Old Occitan · derived fromElisabel
- Spanish · borrowed fromIsabel
- 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.