Etymology Explorer › Ancient Greek

Where does “κῦφι” come from?

κῦφι (Ancient Greek) comes from Egyptian kꜣpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

κῦφι (Ancient Greek): kind of Egyptian compound incense

Definitions

  1. kind of Egyptian compound incense

Ancestry of “κῦφι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiankꜣpt—
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “κῦφι”

  • chufa
  • cyphi
  • chufa
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →