Where does “フェニックス” come from?
フェニックス (Japanese) comes from English Phoenix, from Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
フェニックス (Japanese): a phoenix
Ancestry of “フェニックス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Phoenix | — |
| 2 | Old French | fenix | phoenix |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | phenix | — |
| 4 | Latin | phoenīx | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | — |
| 7 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 8 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |