Where does “pūnicus” come from?
pūnicus (Latin) comes from Latin poenicus, from Latin Poenus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
Ancestry of “pūnicus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | poenicus | Phoenician |
| 2 | Latin | Poenus | Phoenician |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | — |
| 5 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 6 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |