Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. · A creamy white color, the color of ivory. · Something made from or resembling ivory. · The teeth.
From Middle English yvory, ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”) (compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”)), from Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. Displaced native Old English elpendbān (literally “elephant bone”).
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- Root classification mention*leb-afa-pro
- Inherited-form mentionyvoryenm
- Derivation mentioneboreusla · in or of ivory
- Derivation mentionybegx-dem · ivory, Elephantine
- Cognate mentionⲓⲏⲃcop · Elephantine
- Derivation mentionꜣbwegy · elephant, ivory, Elephantine
- Derivation mention*leb-afa-pro
- Non-cognate comparisonelpendbānang
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