Where does “Elephantine” come from?

Elephantine comes from Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη, derived from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, which descends from Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀞.

Elephantine (English): Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the...

Ancestry of “Elephantine”, step by step

Elephantine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin elephantinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinelephantinuselephant; elephantine; ivory; made of ivory
2Ancient Greekἐλεφάντινοςivory (attributive); made of ivory
3Ancient Greek-ῐνοςadded to nouns or adverbs to form adjectives relating to material, time, and so on: made of, during the time of
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἘλεφαντίνηElephantine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐνος →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →