Etymology

qite

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Demotic Egyptian qt ← Egyptian qdt ← Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ
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The story

  1. Coptic · derived fromⲕⲓⲧⲉ
  2. Egyptian · derived fromqdt
  3. Demotic Egyptian · borrowed fromqt
  4. English todayqite

Borrowed from Demotic Egyptian qt, from Egyptian qdt, with the vowels supplied by the word’s descendant, Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite).

Words from the same roots

Demotic Egyptianqt all →

kite

Egyptianqdt all →

kite

Copticⲕⲓⲧⲉ all →

kite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.