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Panagiotis
/panaʝoˈtis/proper noun
One of the commonest Greek men's names, taken from Panagía, the All-Holy, the Greek title of the Virgin Mary.
The Greek roots
πᾶν
pân
all, every
ἅγιος
hágios
holy
Literally: “of the All-Holy”
The story of the word
This is a name taken from a title rather than a saint. Greek Christians rarely call Mary by her personal name, preferring Panagía, so everyone named after the epithet celebrates on 15 August, the Dormition, and not on a birthday. In daily life almost nobody uses the full five syllables: Panos and Takis do the work.
- How it travelled
- Ancient Greek → Byzantine Greek → English
Same family
panaceapandemicpanoramahagiography
In a sentence
Panagiotis answers to Takis everywhere except at the bank.