Margaret
English
/ˈmɑːɡɹɪt/, /ˈmɑɹɡɹɪt/
proper noun
Definitions
- (river in southwestern Western Australia), presumed named for a cousin of Garrett John Garrett Bussell, founder of .
- (river in Kimberley), named for its European discoverer's sister-in-law.
- (astronomy) A moon of Uranus, named for a character in Ado About Much Ado About Nothing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French Margaret derived from Latin Margarita derived from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (pearl, a pearl) prefix from English groat.
Origin
English
groat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Marguerite English
- Megan English
- groat English
- shovegroat English
- slidegroat English
- Margareeta Finnish
- Marketta Finnish
- Margarita Latin
- margarita Latin
- margarīta Latin
- Marguerite French
- margarine French
- Маргарита Russian
- μαργαρίτης Ancient Greek
- margarin Norwegian Bokmål
- Margareta Swedish
- margarin Norwegian Nynorsk
- grot Old English
- mere Old English
- meregrot Old English
- grot Middle English
- Margaret Old French
- Margaret Cebuano
- Margarita Latvian
- մարգարիտ Old Armenian
- Megan Tagalog
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- Mággá Northern Sami
- מרגניתא Aramaic
- Makaleka Hawaiian
- ܡܪܰܓܳܢ Classical Syriac