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Athanasios

Athanasios is the alternative form of Athanasius.

Meaning of Athanasius

Proper noun

Athanasius

  1. (uncommon) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • Coordinate term: Athanasia (feminine form)

Origin of Athanasios

From Greek Αθανάσιος (Athanásios) and Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), from α- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “dying”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of Athanasius and Afanasy.

Questions about Athanasios

What is Athanasios the alternative form of?
Athanasios is the alternative form of Athanasius.

Words near Athanasios in the dictionary

  1. Athanasian wench
  2. Athanasian wenches
  3. Athanasianism
  4. Athanasianist
  5. Athanasianists
  6. Athanasios
  7. Athanasius
  8. athanasy
  9. athanatism
  10. Athang
  11. athanogene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Athanasios (page history and authors); Athanasius (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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