Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female given name from Ancient Greek (rather rare in English).
Shortened from Dorothea and Theodora, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεά (theá, “goddess”).
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- Derivation mentionθεάgrc · goddess
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