Stephen
English
/ˈstiːvən/, /ˈstɛfən/
proper noun
Definitions
- The first Christian martyr.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Stephanus derived from Ancient Greek Στέφανος derived from Proto-Indo-European *steb-, *-nós (suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs, suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-nós
Gloss
suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs, suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Stephenson English
- Stephensonian English
- Stephenville English
- Steve English
- Steven English
- Stevenson English
- Stevensonian English
- Tapani Finnish
- Teppo Finnish
- tapaninajo Finnish
- -nus Latin
- -ānus Latin
- Stephanus Latin
- Stefan German
- István Hungarian
- Stefano Italian
- Steven Dutch, Flemish
- Stéphane French
- Степа́н Russian
- Степан Russian
- Esteban Spanish, Castilian
- -νος Ancient Greek
- Στέφανος Ancient Greek
- *-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *steb- Proto-Indo-European
- *-anaz Proto-Germanic
- Stefan Swedish
- Stiofán Irish
- استفانوس Arabic
- Estiene Old French
- Stjepan Serbo-Croatian
- Esteve Catalan, Valencian
- Estévez Galician
- استیون Persian
- استیونسون Persian
- Stephen Cebuano
- Tepoy Cebuano
- Stefans Latvian
- -ան Old Armenian
- Stêphanô Vietnamese
- Estevão Old Portuguese
- 史蒂文 Chinese
- 史蒂芬 Chinese
- 斯蒂芬 Chinese
- Сцяпан Belarusian