Ancient Greek origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “crown”
Borrowed from Sicilian Stefanu, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos). Being an early borrowing, the word shows the regular phonetic development, i.e. loss of internal unstressed vowels and raising of the imala vowel.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: StiefnuCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: StephanusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

