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Where does “thebacon” come from?

thebacon (English) comes from English thebaine, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι, from Demotic [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]], from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

thebacon (English): Dihydrocodeinone enol acetate, a semisynthetic...

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  1. Dihydrocodeinone enol acetate, a semisynthetic...

Ancestry of “thebacon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthebaineA poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from...
2Ancient GreekΘῆβαιThebes
3Demotic[[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]]—
4Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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