Etymograph

English

Michalec

Michalec comes from Latin Michael, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmîḵāʾēlliterally ‘who is like God?’
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichael
  4. SlovakmodernMichal
  5. Slovak, derivedmodernMichalec
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmîḵāʾēlliterally ‘who is like God?’
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichael
  4. SlovakmodernMichal
  5. Slovak, derivedmodernMichalec
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל / Michalec