Daphne
English
/ˈdæfni/
proper noun
Definitions
- (Greek god) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.
- (astronomy) , a main belt asteroid.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δάφνη (laurel, bay).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δάφνη
Gloss
laurel, bay
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
江
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Daphnean English
- Daphnian English
- daphnin English
- acinus Latin
- daphinus Latin
- daphne Latin
- Δαφνοῦς Ancient Greek
- δάφνη Ancient Greek
- δάφνινος Ancient Greek
- χαμαιδάφνη Ancient Greek
- دفلى Arabic
- دِفْلَى Arabic
- dafina Serbo-Croatian
- δάφνη Greek (modern)
- Daphne Cebuano
- Daphne Translingual
- դափնէ Old Armenian