Alexander
Latin
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (the man who repels, Alexander) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (defend, protect, ward off, close).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂lek-
Gloss
defend, protect, ward off, close
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aleister English
- Alex English
- Alexander English
- Alexandrus Latin
- ulciscor Latin
- Alessandro Italian
- Alejandro Spanish, Castilian
- Σιτάλκης Ancient Greek
- ἀλκή Ancient Greek
- ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
- ἄναλκις Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξανδρῖνος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίνοος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκίφρων Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαμένης Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκαῖος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλκμήνη Ancient Greek
- Ἄλκηστις Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- Alessandro Portuguese
- Alexander Portuguese
- Alexandre Portuguese
- *algōną Proto-Germanic
- *alhs Proto-Germanic
- アレクサンダー Japanese
- रक्षा Sanskrit
- रक्षिका Sanskrit
- Alastar Irish
- Alexandr Czech
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- الإسكندر Arabic
- Alexandre Catalan, Valencian
- Alexandrescu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Alexandru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- اسکندر Persian
- Αλέξανδρος Greek (modern)
- Alexander Cebuano
- Alaxander Old Irish
- Alasdair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Aleksandur Faroese
- Alistair Manx
- Alister Manx
- Ollister Manx
- Alexanđê Vietnamese
- Leka Albanian
- אלכסנדר Hebrew (modern)
- ꜣrwksjndrs Egyptian
- 亞歷山大 Chinese
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Alexandru Asturian
- Lissandri Friulian
- Олександръ Old East Slavic
- *aléksō Proto-Hellenic