Where does “ISIS” come from?
ISIS is an English acronym for the Arabic الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام, a designation for an extremist organization formed in the early twenty-first century.
Ancestry of “ISIS”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Īsis | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἶσις | Isis |
| 3 | Egyptian | ꜣst | Isis |
Words derived from “ISIS”