Where does “Horus” come from?
Horus comes from Late Latin Horus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος, from Egyptian ḥr, the name of an ancient Egyptian deity.
Ancestry of “Horus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | Horus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ὧρος | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |