Estevo

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈteβo̝/

Proper noun

Estevo m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
  2. A surname​.
  3. (biblical) Stephen (the first Christian martyr)

References
  • “Estevo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • "Estevo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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