Where does “abces” come from?
abces (Romanian) comes from French abcès, from Latin abscessus, from Latin abs, from Proto-Albanian aps, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
abces (Romanian): abscess
Definitions
- abscess
Ancestry of “abces”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | abcès | An abscess |
| 2 | Latin | abscessus | departed; withdrawn; retreated |
| 3 | Latin | abs | away from; from; away |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 5 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 7 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 8 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |