English
Ernestina
Ernestina comes from it,pt,es Ernestina.
- it,pt,esmodernErnestina
- Englishearliest quotation 1928same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- it,pt,esmodernErnestina
- Englishearliest quotation 1928same form
Earliest quotation: 1928, Notes of Social Activities in New York and Elsewhere: New Yo: “Mr. and Mrs. Courtney P. Brown of Trenton are…”
Equivalent to Ernest + -ina
Proto-Indo-European *Her-
Proto-Germanic *arniz ‘efficient, capable, diligent, sure’
Proto-Germanic *ernustuz ‘seriousness’
Old High German ernust ‘vigor, strife’
English Ernest
Every English word from it,pt,es Ernestina
Today it means
name A female given name, variant of Ernestine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / it,pt,es Ernestina / Ernestina