Where does “ivori” come from?

ivori (Cornish) comes from Middle English yvory,ivorie, from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

ivori (Cornish): ivory

Definitions

  1. ivory

Ancestry of “ivori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyvory,ivorie—
2Latineboreusivory
3Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
4Demoticybivory, Elephantine
5Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
6Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
7Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—
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