Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros. · A tree that yields such wood. · A deep, dark black colour. · Dark skin colour.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryMade of ebony wood. · A deep, dark black colour. · Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
Etymology tree Egyptian U13:n-Z4:M3 (hbnj)bor. Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos)bor. Latin hebenus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin ebeniusder. Middle English ebenif English heben, hebeny English ebony From earlier heben, hebeny, from Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3
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