Etymograph

English

Stephan

Stephan comes from Ancient Greek στεφανίζω ‘to crown’, from στέφω ‘to encircle’, 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 encircle’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστέφανοςstéphanos‘that which surrounds, crown, wreath’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστεφανίζωstephanízō‘to crown’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2021Stephan

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 encircle’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστέφανοςstéphanos‘that which surrounds, crown, wreath’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστεφανίζωstephanízō‘to crown’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2021Stephan

Earliest quotation: 2021, Peter Valdes-Dapena, Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich : “For the whole year, the exotic automaker sold 7,430…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ-

Today it means

name An unincorporated community in Hyde County, South Dakota.

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

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

Shirt and support for this word