Words from Egyptian
3 words in Curio passed through Egyptian on their way into English.
About Egyptian
An extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family · no native speakers today
Where
Egypt
When
Speakers
No reliable count
No census of its speakers exists.
Family path
- Egyptian
- Biblical HebrewAncient Greek
- English
Where it came from
Egyptian is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in Egypt. It was first written in hieroglyphs in the late 4th millennium BC and is the longest-attested human language, with a written record of over 5,000 years. Its own name for itself, r n kmt, means 'speech of Egypt'.
Source: Wikipedia