Genoveffa

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Genovefa, Latinization of French Geneviève.

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family”) and *wībą (“woman, wife”).
Perhaps of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *Genogʷībā, from *genos (“family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Proper noun

Genoveffa f

A female given name, equivalent to English Genevieve.

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