Etymograph

English

Stepanoff

Stepanoff comes from Russian Степа́нов ‘Stepan's, Stephen's’, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος ‘crown, wreath’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ- ‘to enlace’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stegʷʰ-‘to enlace’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stégʷʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*stékʷʰō‘to enlace, crown, encircle’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέφωstéphō‘to put round, to surround’next step skipped: Ancient Greek στέφανος
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΣτέφανος‘crown, wreath’
  6. RussianmodernСтепа́н
  7. Russian, derivedmodernСтепа́новStepánov‘Stepan's, Stephen's’
  8. EnglishtodayStepanoff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stegʷʰ-‘to enlace’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stégʷʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*stékʷʰō‘to enlace, crown, encircle’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέφωstéphō‘to put round, to surround’next step skipped: Ancient Greek στέφανος
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΣτέφανος‘crown, wreath’
  6. RussianmodernСтепа́н
  7. Russian, derivedmodernСтепа́новStepánov‘Stepan's, Stephen's’
  8. EnglishtodayStepanoff

Linked words

through Ancient Greek Στέφανος ‘crown, wreath’

stephane, 3 more

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Russian surname Степанов (Stepanov).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ- / Stepanoff

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