Where does “copta” come from?
copta (Italian) comes from Italian copto, from Arabic قُبْط, from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος, from Mycenaean Greek aikupitos, from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, from Egyptian kꜣ.
copta (Italian): feminine singular of copto
Definitions
- feminine singular of copto
Ancestry of “copta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | copto | Coptic; Copt |
| 2 | Arabic | قُبْط | Copt |
| 3 | Coptic | ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ | Copt; Egyptian |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Αἰγύπτιος | Egyptian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 8 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 10 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |