Everyday LifeGreek → English
Thea
/ˈθiːə/proper noun
A given name, standing alone or shortened from Dorothea, Theodora or Althea.
The Greek roots
θεά
theá
goddess
Literally: “goddess”
Follow a root:θεά1 word
The story of the word
Θεία was a Titan, mother of the sun, the moon and the dawn, while θεά is simply the ordinary noun for a goddess. As a modern name Thea usually arrives as the tail end of Dorothea or Althea. Dorothea and Theodora are the same two pieces in opposite order, gift and god, so the two names mean precisely the same thing.
- How it travelled
- Ancient Greek → Latin → English
Same family
theologyatheistenthusiasmapotheosis
In a sentence
They shortened Dorothea to Thea before she was a week old.