Where does “Tebas” come from?
Tebas (Portuguese) comes from Latin Thēbae, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι, from Demotic [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]], from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
Ancestry of “Tebas”, step by step
Tebas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Thēbae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Thēbae | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θῆβαι | Thebes |
| 3 | Demotic | [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]] | — |
| 4 | Egyptian | jpt | oipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4... |
| 5 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 6 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
via Javanese ꦠꦼꦧꦱ꧀
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦠꦼꦧꦱ꧀ | — |