English
Mesokemic
Mesokemic comes from Coptic ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ‘Egypt’, from Egyptian kmt ‘a kind of large granite jar’, and ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *kum- ‘to be black’.
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*kum-‘to be black’reconstructed
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkm‘black’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkmt‘a kind of large granite jar’
- Demotic Egyptianmodernkmj
- Copticmodernⲕⲏⲙⲉkēme‘Egypt’
- EnglishtodayMesokemic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*kum-‘to be black’reconstructed
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkm‘black’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkmt‘a kind of large granite jar’
- Demotic Egyptianmodernkmj
- Copticmodernⲕⲏⲙⲉkēme‘Egypt’
- EnglishtodayMesokemic
Every English word from Proto-Afroasiatic *kum-
Today it means
name Synonym of Oxyrhynchite (dialect of Coptic)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Afroasiatic *kum- / Mesokemic