Where does “apium” come from?
apium (Latin) comes from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
apium (Latin): parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
Definitions
- parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
Ancestry of “apium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 3 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 4 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
Words derived from “apium”