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Euphemia
Euphemia comes from Ancient Greek Εὐφημία, from φήμη ‘repute’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰā́māreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφήμη‘repute’next step skipped: Ancient Greek εὐφημῐ́ᾱ
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐφημίαEuphēmía
- Englishearliest quotation 1835Euphemia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to speak’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰā́māreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφήμη‘repute’next step skipped: Ancient Greek εὐφημῐ́ᾱ
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐφημίαEuphēmía
- Englishearliest quotation 1835Euphemia
Earliest quotation: 1835, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Home: “Euphemia is Grandmama's name, my dear." The children looked…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
phone, focus, professor, famous, fuel, ben, favor, favourite, ban, fantasy, phase, fate, fancy, fame, profession, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, abandon, photographer, infant, confession, emphasis, confess, phenomenon, beacon, beck, symphony, phantom, boon, eff, fab, fay, bane, fable, foyer, banish, buoy, nefarious, 130 more
Today it means
name A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / Euphemia