English
Harpocrates
Harpocrates comes from Ancient Greek Ἁρποκράτης, and goes back to Egyptian ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἉρποκράτηςHarpokrátēs
- EnglishtodayHarpocrates
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἉρποκράτηςHarpokrátēs
- EnglishtodayHarpocrates
A compound of ḥr ‘Horus’ + pꜣ ‘the’ + ẖrd ‘child’
Egyptian ḥrj ‘to be distant’
Egyptian ḥr ‘Horus’
Every English word from Egyptian ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd
Today it means
name The god of silence, secrets and confidentiality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd / Harpocrates