English
Maat
Maat comes from Egyptian mꜣꜥt ‘Maat, the goddess personifying the above…’, and goes back to mꜣꜥ ‘to direct, to be just, to be true’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEmꜣꜥ‘to direct, to be just, to be true’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEmꜣꜥt‘Maat, the goddess personifying the above concepts’
- EnglishtodayMaat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEmꜣꜥ‘to direct, to be just, to be true’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEmꜣꜥt‘Maat, the goddess personifying the above concepts’
- EnglishtodayMaat
Every English word from Egyptian mꜣꜥ
Today it means
name An Ancient Egyptian goddess, the personification of truth, order, and righteousness, symbolized by a feather.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian mꜣꜥ / Maat