Where does “ebura” come from?

ebura (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto eburo, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

ebura (Esperanto): made of ivory

Definitions

  1. made of ivory

Ancestry of “ebura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoeburoivory
2Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
3Demoticybivory, Elephantine
4Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
5Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
6Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- →Every word from Egyptian ꜣb →Every word from Egyptian ꜣbw →