Etymology

pharaonically

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Today it means: In a pharaonic fashion (especially of female circumcision by infibulation). Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English pharaonic
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The story

  1. Egyptianpr
  2. Egyptianꜥꜣ
  3. Egyptianpr-ꜥꜣ
  4. Biblical Hebrewפַּרְעֹה
  5. Koine GreekΦαραώ (Pharaṓ)
  6. LatinPharaōn-
  7. Germanpharaonischinflu.
  8. Englishpharaonic
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todaypharaonically

From pharaonic + -ally.

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