Old English · proper noun
Elizabeþ
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Modern English
- elizabeth
Meaning
-
a female given name, equivalent to English Elizabeth
-
Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Etymology
From Latin Elisabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”).
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