Stephanus

German

Alternative forms

• Stefanus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛfanʊs/

Proper noun

Stephanus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Stephanus' or Stephani)

1. (biblical) Stephen the protomartyr.

Derived terms

• Stefan, Stephan (given name)
• Stephanus-Steinigen

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stégʷʰeti

Proto-Hellenic *stékʷʰō

Ancient Greek στέφω (stéphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Ancient Greek -νος (-nos)

Ancient Greek στέφᾰνος (stéphănos)

Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos)der.

Latin Stephanus

Derived from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos, “crown”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstɛ.pʰa.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstɛː.fa.nus]

Proper noun

Stephanus m (genitive Stephanī); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Stephanus	Stephanī
genitive	Stephanī	Stephanōrum
dative	Stephanō	Stephanīs
accusative	Stephanum	Stephanōs
ablative	Stephanō	Stephanīs
vocative	Stephane	Stephanī

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: Étièvo m
• Old French: Estiene m, Estienne, Estiefne, Estievne, Estievene (Anglo-Norman)
  • Middle French: Estienne m
    • French: Étienne m
  • Walloon: Stiene
  • → Middle English: Stevene, Steven
    • English: Steven, Stephen
  • → Irish: Stiabhna, Stiana
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Estevão m
  • Galician: Estevo m
  • Portuguese: Estêvão m, Estevo
• Italian: Stefano m
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: Esteve m
  • Occitan: Estève m
• Serbo-Croatian: Stjepan, Stȉpān (Ikavian), Stevan, Stȅfān, Stjȅpān, Stȉpān, Stȅpān, Šćèpān, Štȅfān, Ȉštvān
• Sicilian: Stèfanu m
• Spanish: Esteban m, Estevan
• → Dutch: Stefan
• →? English: Stephan, Steve
• → French: Stéphane m (learned)
• → German: Stefan m, Stephan
• → Hungarian: István
• → Irish: Stiofán m, Stafán, Steafán, Steaphán, Stiabhna, Stiana, Stiophán

References

• “Stephanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Stephanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.