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- French · borrowed fromRamesside
- English todayRamesside
From French Ramesside, from Ramsès (“Ramesses”) + -ide (“-id: forming dynastic names”). Doublet of Ramessid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses. Full definition →