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- Egyptian · derived fromjnb-ḥḏ
- Ancient Greek · calque ofΛευκὸν τεῖχος
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Calque of Ancient Greek Λευκὸν τεῖχος (Leukòn teîkhos), itself calqued from Egyptian jnb-ḥḏ. Some of the modern uses are likely to be directly calqued from Egyptian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.