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English word origin

Etymology of Alexa

* From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping of Alexandra.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A female given name from Ancient Greek. · Female equivalent of Alex. · Diminutive of Alexandra. · A speech recognition and intelligent personal assistant application developed by Amazon.com, Inc.

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* From Alex + -a. A feminine form of Alex. * A female given name, clipping of Alexandra.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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  • Word-formation componentAlexen
  • Word-formation component-aen
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