The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΑἰγῠπτῐᾰκός“of or for the Egyptians”
- Late Latin · derived fromaegyptiacus“Egyptian”
- English todayEgyptiac
From the Late Latin aegyptiacus (“Egyptian”), from the Ancient Greek Αἰγῠπτῐᾰκός (Aigŭptĭăkós, “of or for the Egyptians”), from Αἰγῠ́πτῐος (Aigŭ́ptĭos, “Egyptian”) + -ᾰκός (-ăkós). Equivalent to Latin Aegyptius (“Egyptian”) + -acus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.