Dorotheus


Dorotheus or Dorotheos is a male given name from Greek Dōrótheos, meaning "God's Gift", from δῶρον, "gift" + θεός, "god". Its feminine counterpart is Dorothea,. Theodore means the same, with the root words in reverse order. The earliest form of the word δῶρον is the Mycenaean Greek do-ra, meaning "gifts", written in Linear B syllabic script; the feminine form Theodora is also attested in Linear B as ????, te-o-do-ra.

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