Where does “ivor” come from?
ivor (Hungarian) comes from French ivoire, from Italian avorio, from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.
ivor (Hungarian): ivory
Ancestry of “ivor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ivoire | ivory |
| 2 | Italian | avorio | ivory |
| 3 | Latin | eboreus | ivory |
| 4 | Latin | ebur | ivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant |
| 5 | Demotic | yb | ivory, Elephantine |
| 6 | Egyptian | ꜣbw | cessation; elephant; elephant tusk |
| 7 | Egyptian | ꜣb | to stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Afroasiatic | *leb- | — |