Where does “ivyire” come from?
ivyire (Norman) comes from Old French yvoire, from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.
ivyire (Norman): ivory
Ancestry of “ivyire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | yvoire | — |
| 2 | Latin | eboreus | ivory |
| 3 | Latin | ebur | ivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant |
| 4 | Demotic | yb | ivory, Elephantine |
| 5 | Egyptian | ꜣbw | cessation; elephant; elephant tusk |
| 6 | Egyptian | ꜣb | to stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Afroasiatic | *leb- | — |