Where does “Daphnus” come from?

Daphnus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Δαφνοῦς, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.

Daphnus (Latin): A city of Phocis situated on the gulf of Euboea

Definitions

  1. A city of Phocis situated on the gulf of Euboea

Ancestry of “Daphnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΔαφνοῦςDaphnus, Phocis, Greece
2Ancient GreekΔάφνηDaphne
3Ancient Greekδάφνηlaurel, bay
4Ancient GreekηLower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
5Phoenician𐤇het; heth
6Egyptian?
Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤇Every word from Ancient Greek η
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