Where does “Egypt” come from?
Egypt comes from Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος, ultimately from Egyptian ptḥ.
Ancestry of “Egypt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Egipt | — |
| 2 | French | Égypte | — |
| 3 | Middle French | Egypte | — |
| 4 | Old French | Egypte | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ægyptus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 7 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 8 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 9 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 11 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |
Words derived from “Egypt”