Surname

Philoctete

Philoctete is a surname from French.

Original FrenchPhiloctète

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Philoctete comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Philoctète.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Philoctete’s family of names

In English usage, Philoctete as a surname was borrowed from the French form Philoctète.

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The ring: across languages.

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