Where does “yvory,ivorie” come from?

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

Ancestry of “yvory,ivorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineboreusivory
2Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
3Demoticybivory, Elephantine
4Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
5Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
6Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—

Words derived from “yvory,ivorie”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- →Every word from Egyptian ꜣb →Every word from Egyptian ꜣbw →