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Ἀθανάσιος
“immortal”
Ἀθανάσιος (Athănásĭos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Athanasius.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀθανάσιος goes back to a word meaning “immortal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *-yós, built from Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (“immortal”) + -ιος.
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Ἀθανάσιος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀθανάσιος has a later derivative in Athanase. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀθανάσιος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Athanasius. Ἀθανάσιος has a transliteration in A'thanásios.
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Around the world
Ἀθανάσιος has relatives in 15 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Athanasiosborrowing · English
- Athanasiusderivative · English
- Афанасийderivative · Russian
- Аѳанасииborrowing · cu
- Afanasijusderivative · Lithuanian
- Atanazasderivative · Lithuanian
- Танасborrowing · Macedonian
- Опанасderivative · Ukrainian
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- Атанасborrowing · Macedonian
- ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥderivative · onw, Coptic
- Αθανάσιοςdescendant · Greek
- Афанасійderivative · Belarusian
- Панасderivative · Ukrainian
- AtanazyPolish
- Atanasiederivative · Romanian
- Atanásioderivative · Portuguese
- Tănasederivative · Romanian
- Athanasederivative · French
- Afanasyderivative · English
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