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Where does “ankh” come from?

ankh (English) comes from Egyptian ꜥnḫ — to live, to be alive; to come to life or live...

ankh (English): A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top,...

Definitions

  1. A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top,...

Ancestry of “ankh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianꜥnḫto live, to be alive; to come to life or live...
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