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Where does “Ἄπις” come from?
Ἄπις (Ancient Greek) comes from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
Ancestry of “Ἄπις”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Coptic
ϩⲁⲡⲉ
the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
2
Egyptian
ḥp
the god Apis
Words derived from “Ἄπις”
African
Africa
couple
H
adaptation
coupling
ab
ache
adept
abscess
apical
couplet
copula
toothache
Afrikaner
coupler
copulation
Africanism
ach
thermocouple
Africanist
backache
periapical
Abell
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