Alasdair
Gaelic (Scots)
proper noun
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish Alaxander derived 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
- Alastair English
- Aleister English
- Alex English
- Alexander English
- Alistair English
- Allistair English
- Allistaire 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
- Alastar Irish
- Alexandr Czech
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- الإسكندر Arabic
- Alexandre Catalan, Valencian
- Alexandru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- اسکندر Persian
- Αλέξανδρος Greek (modern)
- Alaxander Old Irish
- Aleksandur Faroese
- Alistair Manx
- Alister Manx
- Ollister Manx
- Alexandre Norman
- Leka Albanian
- אלכסנדר Hebrew (modern)
- ꜣrwksjndrs Egyptian
- Alexandru Asturian
- Lissandri Friulian
- Олександръ Old East Slavic