Etymology

choachyte

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Today it means: an Ancient Egyptian mortuary priest responsible for pouring libations as well as providing mortuary rituals and offerings at the tombs of the dead Full definition →

Ancient Greek χοαχύτης ← Egyptian wꜣḥ mw
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromwꜣḥ mw
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχοαχύτης
  3. English todaychoachyte

From Ancient Greek χοαχύτης (khoakhútēs), from χοή (khoḗ, “libation to the dead”) + χέω (khéō, “to pour”), a calque of Egyptian wꜣḥ mw (literally “water-pourer”), from the participle of wꜣḥ (“to apply”) + mw (“water”).

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