Where does “Phoenicia” come from?

Phoenicia (English) comes from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

Phoenicia (English): The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon

Definitions

  1. The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon

Ancestry of “Phoenicia”, step by step

Phoenicia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Phoenīcia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPhoenīciaThe star HD 192263 in the constellation Aquila
2Ancient GreekΦοινίκηPhoenicia
3Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
4Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
5Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
6Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter

via Latin Phoenice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPhoenicePhoenicia
Every word from Egyptian fnḫEvery word from Egyptian fnḫwEvery word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍