The story
- Egyptian · derived fromHwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40“Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΑἰγύπτιος
- Coptic · derived fromⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ“Egyptian”
- Arabic · derived fromقُبْط“Copts”
- French · borrowed fromcopte
- English todayCopt
Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.