Where does “ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ” come from?
ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ (Coptic) comes from Coptic ⲙⲉⲧ-, from Demotic mt, from Egyptian mdt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ (Coptic): humanity, mankind
Ancestry of “ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Coptic | ⲙⲉⲧ- | — |
| 2 | Demotic | mt | speech, matter |
| 3 | Egyptian | mdt | word; a speech; the text of a command |
| 4 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |