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[Facts] Katherine
This site claims that Katherine comes from the Greek word aikia, which means "torture", but other baby name sites claim that Katherine derives from katateino, which is also supposedly Greek for "torture". Anyone know which is correct? Could Katherine have come from both words?
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Katherine  ·  lac  ·  6/13/2012, 6:48 PM
Re: Katherine  ·  Hecate  ·  6/15/2012, 1:01 AM
Re: Katherine  ·  lac  ·  6/15/2012, 7:00 PM
Re: Katherine  ·  Hecate  ·  6/16/2012, 9:06 AM
Re: Katherine  ·  clevelandkentevans  ·  6/14/2012, 10:35 AM
Re: Katherine  ·  Seems to be legit  ·  6/16/2012, 9:19 AM