Александр
Russian
proper noun+
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic Олександръ derived from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (the man who repels, Alexander), ἀλέξω (I defend, ward off, defend, guard, help) + Ancient Greek ἀνδρός.
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀνδρός
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aleister English
- Alex English
- Alexander English
- alexipyretic English
- andro- English
- Alexander Latin
- Alexandrus Latin
- Andeoulus Latin
- androides Latin
- andro- Italian
- alexipyrétique French
- Alejandro Spanish, Castilian
- andro- Spanish, Castilian
- λ(ύειν), λύειν Ancient Greek
- ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
- ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
- Ἀλέξανδρος Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ancient Greek
- Ἀλεξανδρῖνος Ancient Greek
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- Alexander Portuguese
- andro- Portuguese
- アレクサンダー Japanese
- andra- Irish
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- إِسْكَنْدَر Arabic
- الإسكندر Arabic
- Alexandre Catalan, Valencian
- اسکندر Persian
- Αλέξανδρος Greek (modern)
- αλεξι- Greek (modern)
- Alexander Cebuano
- Leka Albanian
- ꜣrwksjndrs Egyptian
- 亞歷山大 Chinese
- Аляксандр Belarusian
- Олександръ Old East Slavic
- *aléksō Proto-Hellenic