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Re: Anyone know the ancient Greek derivation of Milo?

by clevelandkentevans

3/12/2025, 7:28 PM

in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk

Thank you!

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- thegriffon +1

3/17/2025, 1:49 PM

Some American usages will also be short forms of names such as Miloslav, from Proto-Slavic *milъ dear, kind

Latin Milo is an n-stem cognomen from the Greek Μίλων

the user is referencing σμῖλαξ (smilax) "holm-oak", with variants μῖλαξ (mîlax) μῖλος (mîlos) σμῖλος (smîlos), with rebracketing of the initial s

- clevelandkentevans

3/17/2025, 3:45 PM

"Some American usages will also be short forms of names such as Miloslav, from Proto-Slavic *milъ dear, kind"

Perhaps, but this is very unlikely when the name first became well-used in the early 19th century, because there was very little Slavic immigration until after the Civil War.

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