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
- A picture produced by superposing a tinted...
Ancestry of “ivorytype”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ivory | The hard white form of dentin which forms the... |
| 2 | French | ivoire | ivory |
| 3 | Italian | avorio | ivory |
| 4 | Latin | eboreus | ivory |
| 5 | Latin | ebur | ivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant |
| 6 | Demotic | yb | ivory, Elephantine |
| 7 | Egyptian | ꜣbw | cessation; elephant; elephant tusk |
| 8 | Egyptian | ꜣb | to stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Afroasiatic | *leb- | — |