Where does “tebaismo” come from?
tebaismo (Italian) comes from Italian tebaina, from English thebaine, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι, from Demotic [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]], from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
tebaismo (Italian): opiumism
Definitions
- opiumism
Ancestry of “tebaismo”, step by step
tebaismo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tebaina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tebaina | thebaine |
| 2 | English | thebaine | A poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Θῆβαι | Thebes |
| 4 | Demotic | [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]] | — |
| 5 | Egyptian | jpt | oipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4... |
| 6 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 7 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
via Esperanto tebaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | tebaa | Thebaic of or relating to opium |