Etymology

Serapis

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Today it means: A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I. Full definition →

Latin Serāpis ← Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις ← Egyptian wsjr-ḥp
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived fromwsjr-ḥp
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣάρᾱπις
  3. Latin · borrowed fromSerāpis
  4. English todaySerapis

Borrowed from Latin Serāpis, from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”).

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