Where does “eboreus” come from?

eboreus (Latin) comes from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

eboreus (Latin): ivory

Definitions

  1. ivory

Ancestry of “eboreus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
2Demoticybivory, Elephantine
3Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
4Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
5Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—

Words derived from “eboreus”

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