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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

  1. opiumism

Ancestry of “tebaismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantebainathebaine
2EnglishthebaineA poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from...
3Ancient GreekΘῆβαιThebes
4Demotic[[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]]—
5Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
6Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
7Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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