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“farmer, earth-worker”
Language context for this entry: Russian
[(j)ɪˈɡor] · Russian
01 / Meaning & origin
Егор is a masculine given name documented in Russian. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Geórgij, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “farmer, earth-worker”.
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Meaning: “farmer, earth-worker”
Vernacular form of Гео́ргий (Geórgij). Doublet of Юрий (Jurij).
Происходит от стар. Его́рий, из др.-русск. Егореи, Гегореи, Гегоргии (в новгор. грам.). Из др.-греч. Γεώργιος, от γεωργός «земледелец», далее из γῆ (др. формы γέα, γαῖα) «земля» + ἔργον «дело, работа». Возможно, под влиянием имени Григорий, из Γρηγόριος (букв. «бодрствующий»), от γρηγορέω «бодрствую». Использованы данные словаря М. Фасмера. См. Список литературы.
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06 / Behind the facts
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