Proserpina

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
• 26 Proserpina, the asteroid.

Origin

• From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian or , from Proto-Indo-European *pers- ("sheaf of corn, grain, seed") and *gʷʰen-, meaning 'corn-thresher'.