English
Victoria
Victoria comes from Latin Victōria ‘victory’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVictōria‘victory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846Victoria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVictōria‘victory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846Victoria
Earliest quotation: 1846, FROM CHINA.: “On the 21st of November, the Imperial Chinese Commissioner…”
The story
The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’
province, weakness, witch, convince, victim, icon, wicked, wo, conviction, invincible, wight, weakly, convict, vicar, eviction, vanquish, wile, ancona, waw, evict, 35 more
Today it means
name The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / Victoria