"Methodius" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Byzantine Greek Μεθόδιος (Methódios), from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos), from μετ’ (met’, apocopic form of μετά (metá)) + ὁδός (hodós). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gkm|Μεθόδιος}} Byzantine Greek Μεθόδιος (Methódios), {{cog|grc|μέθοδος}} Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos), {{af|grc|μετ᾽|ὁδός|nocat=y|pos1=apocopic form of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μετά</i> (metá)}} μετ’ (met’, apocopic form of μετά (metá)) + ὁδός (hodós) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Methodius
  1. A male given name, notably of the Byzantine Christian theologian and missionary. Wikipedia link: Cyril and Methodius, Methodius Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms: method Translations (male given name): مِيثُودِيُوس (mīṯūdiyūs) [masculine] (Arabic), Metoděj [masculine] (Czech), Méthode [masculine] (French), Method [masculine] (German), Μεθόδιος (Methódios) [masculine] (Greek), Metód (Hungarian), Metodio [masculine] (Italian), Methodius [masculine] (Latin), Metody [masculine] (Polish), Metodiu [masculine] (Romanian), Мефо́дий (Mefódij) [masculine] (Russian)
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