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Callista
/kəˈlɪstə/proper noun
A woman's name of Greek origin.
The Greek roots
καλλίστη
kallístē
most beautiful
Literally: “the fairest”
Follow a root:καλλίστη1 word
The story of the word
καλλίστη is the superlative of καλός, fairest of all. It is the exact word written on the golden apple that Eris rolled into a wedding feast she had not been invited to, τῇ καλλίστῃ, to the fairest, which three goddesses each claimed and which set the Trojan War in motion. Calligraphy and kaleidoscope carry the same root more peacefully.
- How it travelled
- Ancient Greek → Latin → English
Same family
calligraphykaleidoscopecallisthenicsCallisto
In a sentence
Callista shortened it to Callie at school and went back to the full version at thirty.