Where does “puniceus” come from?
puniceus (Latin) comes from Latin pūnicus, from Latin poenicus, from Latin Poenus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
puniceus (Latin): pure lively red, scarlet
Ancestry of “puniceus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pūnicus | — |
| 2 | Latin | poenicus | Phoenician |
| 3 | Latin | Poenus | Phoenician |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 5 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | — |
| 6 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 7 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
Words derived from “puniceus”