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