The story
- Egyptian · borrowed frombnbn“Benben, the first mound or stone to arise from the primordial waters at the creation of the world”
- English todaybenben stone
From Egyptian bnbn (“Benben, the first mound or stone to arise from the primordial waters at the creation of the world”)—compare bnbnt (“pyramidion”)—and stone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.