michel

The story

1. Biblical Hebrewמִי (mí)
2. Biblical Hebrewכַּ־ (ka-)
3. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (él)
4. Biblical Hebrewמִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl)
5. Koine GreekΜῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl)
6. LatinMichāēl
7. Old FrenchMichel
8. FrenchMiche
9. Old FrenchMiche
10. Middle EnglishMichel
11. English todayMichel

Either a reborrowing of French Michel or a continuation (with pronunciation influenced by Modern French) of Middle English Michel, both from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, borrowed from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michael, Miguel, and Mikhail.

Words from the same roots