The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔβενος“ebony tree”
- Latin · derived fromebenus
- Old French · derived fromeban
- English todayebon
From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔβενος all →
heben
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.