Etymology

Cheops

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Today it means: Khufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza Full definition →

Latin Cheops ← Ancient Greek Χέοψ ← Egyptian ḫw.f-wj
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived fromḫw.f-wj
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΧέοψ
  3. Latin · borrowed fromCheops
  4. English todayCheops

Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Words from the same roots

Egyptianḫw.f-wj all →

Khufu

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