Where does “Fayum” come from?

Fayum (English) comes from Arabic الفَيُّوم, from Coptic ⲓⲟⲙ, from Egyptian pꜣ ym, from Egyptian pꜣ — O; the aforementioned, the said; the definite...

Fayum (English): near Lake Moeris

Definitions

  1. near Lake Moeris

Ancestry of “Fayum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالفَيُّوم—
2Copticⲓⲟⲙsea
3Egyptianpꜣ ym{{w|Lake Moeris}}
4EgyptianpꜣO; the aforementioned, the said; the definite...
Every word from Egyptian pꜣ →Every word from Egyptian pꜣ ym →Every word from Coptic ⲓⲟⲙ →