michel
/mɪˈʃɛl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí) Biblical Hebrew כַּ־ (ka-) Biblical Hebrew אֵל (él) Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl)bor. Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl)bor. Latin Michāēl Old French Michel French Michelbor. ▲ Old French Michelbor. Middle English Michel English Michel Either a reborrowing of French Michel or a continuation (with pronunciation influenced by Modern French) of Middle English Michel, both from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, borrowed from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michael, Miguel, and Mikhail.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Michel, Michāēl, Μῐχᾱήλ, מִיכָאֵל