Etymology

Aegyptus

Ae·gyp·tus
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Today it means: A king of Egypt in Greek mythology. Full definition →

Latin Aegyptus ← Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος ← Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived fromḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΑἴγυπτος
  3. Latin · borrowed fromAegyptus
  4. English todayAegyptus

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

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