Estevo

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Galician

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Etymology

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13th century, from older Estevoo, from Old Galician-Portuguese Estevão, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, crown). Cognate with Portuguese Estêvão, Spanish Esteban.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Estevo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
  2. a surname transferred from the given name
  3. (biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)
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References

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Estevo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • "Estevo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.