Etymology

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Today it means: Synonym of Wadjet. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Βουτώ ← Egyptian wAD-t-I12
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromwAD-t-I12
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΒουτώ
  3. English todayButo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βουτώ (Boutṓ), from Egyptian wAD-t-I12 (wꜣḏt (literally “green one”)), an allusion to the skin of the cobra. Doublet of Wadjet.

Words from the same roots

Egyptian<hiero>wAD-t-I12</hiero> all →

wadjet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.