The story
- Coptic · derived fromϩⲱⲧⲡ̄
- Egyptian · learned borrowing fromHtp:t*p“to be content, at peace; contentment, peace”
- English todayhotep
From Egyptian Htp:t*p (ḥtp, “to be content, at peace; contentment, peace”), a common element of Ancient Egyptian personal names, with the vowels taken over from its descendant, Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄ (hōtp̄); Ancient Egypt is the focus of several Afrocentric conspiracy theories.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.