Where does “Phénicie” come from?
Phénicie (French) comes from Middle French Phœnicie, from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
Ancestry of “Phénicie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | Phœnicie | — |
| 2 | Latin | Phoenīcia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φοινίκη | Phoenicia |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 5 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | — |
| 6 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 7 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
Words derived from “Phénicie”