Where does “appio” come from?
appio (Italian) comes from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
appio (Italian): celery
Definitions
- celery
Ancestry of “appio”, step by step
appio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin apium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 2 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 4 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 5 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |