Etymograph

English

Steph

Steph comes from Latin Stephania.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEStephania
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentStéphanie
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Steph

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEStephania
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentStéphanie
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Steph

Earliest quotation: 2025, Kieran Pender, Steph Gilmore: ‘I was looking for something more, in myself : “Gilmore, a guitarist, first performed with Spiderbait at Falls…”

The story

Female: shortened from Stephanie, from French Stéphanie. Male: shortened from Stephan.

Every English word from Latin Stephania

Today it means

name A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.

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

Etymograph / Latin Stephania / Steph

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