Egypt · مصر
6 names on record · 5 connections · Read with Ismail (1989)
The name through time
Kemetegy2050 BC – AD 400
Miṣriakk1360 BC – 1332 BC
sound change
Aigyptosgrc700 BC
translation
AegyptusLatin30 BC
sound change
KēmecopAD 200 – 1300
borrowing
مصرArabicAD 641
Connections and origins
+ Propose a connectionDḤwt-kꜣ-Ptḥ → AigyptosProposed
A temple name of Memphis taken into Greek as the name of the land. A theory, not proven.
CAigyptos → AegyptusVerified
Greek into Latin.
CKemet → KēmeVerified
The same word, km.t, in Coptic, the last stage of Egyptian.
DMiṣri → مصرProposed
Akkadian Miṣri to Arabic Miṣr, perhaps through Aramaic. The path is not shown by any one text.
CAegyptus → EgyptVerified
Latin into the European languages.