Hecate=هيكات

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Hecate=هيكات

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

Hecate

early 15c., Greek deity, daughter of Perseus and Asteria (said to be originally Thracian), later identified as an aspect of Artemis, fem. of hekatos "far-shooting." Associated since Shakespeare ("I Henry VI," III.ii.64) with witches and sorcery.

WIKIPEDIA

Hecate is the transcription from the Latin, whereas Hekate is the transcription from the Greek. Both refer to the same goddess.

Notable proposed etymologies for the name Hecate are:

• From the Greek word for 'will'.[10]
• From Greek Ἑκάτη [Hekátē], feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός Hekatos, obscure epithet of Apollo.[11] This has been translated as "she that operates from afar", "she that removes or drives off",[12] "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".[13]
• From the Egyptian goddess of childbirth, Heqet.[14] has been suggested, but evidence for this is lacking.