Diana

English

/daɪˈænə/

proper noun
Definitions
  • (Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
  • (astronomy) , a main belt asteroid.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Diāna (goddess of the hunt), Dīāna derived from Old Latin Dīvāna suffix from Latin dīvus (divine, of a god, god) derived from Proto-Italic *deiwā (goddess) derived from Proto-Indo-European *-nós, *-néh₂.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*-nós, *-néh₂

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