English
Isabel
Isabel comes from Old Occitan Elisabel, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἘλισάβετElisábet
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEElisabeth
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500Elisabel
- Spanishc. 1500–presentIsabel
- Englishearliest quotation 1852same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἘλισάβετElisábet
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEElisabeth
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500Elisabel
- Spanishc. 1500–presentIsabel
- Englishearliest quotation 1852same form
Earliest quotation: 1852, D. H. Jacques, A Chapter on Names: “There is a silvery bell-like music in the name,…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ
Today it means
name A female given name from Hebrew.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ / Isabel