Where does “ገነት” come from?

ገነት (Amharic) comes from Ge'ez ገነት, from Classical Syriac ܓܢܬܐ, from Aramaic גַנְתָא.

ገነት (Amharic): garden, park, or any luxuriant stead

Definitions

  1. garden, park, or any luxuriant stead

Ancestry of “ገነት”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ge'ezገነትgarden, park, or any luxuriant stead
2Classical Syriacܓܢܬܐgarden, park
3Aramaicגַנְתָא—
Every word from Aramaic גַנְתָא →Every word from Classical Syriac ܓܢܬܐ →Every word from Ge'ez ገነት →