Minerva

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
• 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
• wisdom.

Origin

• From Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (Sanskrit मनस् ("mind"), compare मनस्विन्), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think").
• Borrowed from Italian Minerva.