The story
- Egyptian · derived fromwḥꜣt“oasis, cauldron”
- Demotic Egyptian · derived fromwḥj
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὌασις
- Late Latin · derived fromOasis
- English todayoasis
From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic Egyptian wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.