Where does “ebon” come from?

Ebon comes from Old French eban, from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος, ultimately from Egyptian hbnj, a word for the dark wood of the ebony tree.

ebon (English): Ebony; an ebony tree; Made of ebony; Black in...

Definitions

  1. Ebony; an ebony tree; Made of ebony; Black in...

Ancestry of “ebon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheban—
2LatinebenusAlternative form of hebenus
3Ancient Greekἔβενοςebony tree, wood
4Egyptianhbnjebony

Words derived from “ebon”

Every word from Egyptian hbnj →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔβενος →Every word from Latin ebenus →