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Where does “ivorytype” come from?

ivorytype (English) comes from English ivory, from French ivoire, from Italian avorio, from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb.

ivorytype (English): A picture produced by superposing a tinted...

Definitions

  1. A picture produced by superposing a tinted...

Ancestry of “ivorytype”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishivoryThe hard white form of dentin which forms the...
2Frenchivoireivory
3Italianavorioivory
4Latineboreusivory
5Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
6Demoticybivory, Elephantine
7Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
8Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
9Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—
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