The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝειλώτης“on the Nile”
- Latin · borrowed fromNīlōticus
- English todayNilotic
From Latin Nīlōticus, from Ancient Greek Νειλώτης (Neilṓtēs, “on the Nile”). Analyzable as Nile + -otic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.