Aleksandur
Faroese
/alɛkˈsantʊɹ/
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Alexander derived from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (the man who repels, Alexander).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Ἀλέξανδρος
Gloss
the man who repels, Alexander
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aleister English
- Alex English
- Alexander English
- Alexander Latin
- Alexandrus Latin
- Alessandro Italian
- Alejandro Spanish, Castilian
- ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξανδρῖνος Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- Alexandre Portuguese
- Alexandr Czech
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- الإسكندر Arabic
- Alexandre Catalan, Valencian
- Alexandru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- اسکندر Persian
- Αλέξανδρος Greek (modern)
- Alaxander Old Irish
- Leka Albanian
- אלכסנדר Hebrew (modern)
- ꜣrwksjndrs Egyptian
- Alexandru Asturian
- Lissandri Friulian
- Олександръ Old East Slavic