Where does “Eġizzjan” come from?
Eġizzjan (Maltese) comes from Italian egiziano, from Italian egizio, from Latin aegyptius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος, from Mycenaean Greek aikupitos, from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, from Egyptian kꜣ.
Ancestry of “Eġizzjan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | egiziano | Egyptian; the Egyptian language |
| 2 | Italian | egizio | Egyptian |
| 3 | Latin | aegyptius | Egyptian; of or pertaining to Egypt |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Αἰγύπτιος | Egyptian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 8 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 10 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |