Etymograph

English

Orontes

Orontes comes from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης, and goes back to Egyptian jrnt.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjrnt
  2. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEArāntutransliteratedcuneiform Arāntu, a transliteration
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὈρόντηςOróntēs
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOrontēs
  5. EnglishtodayOrontes

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjrnt
  2. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEArāntutransliteratedcuneiform Arāntu, a transliteration
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὈρόντηςOróntēs
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOrontēs
  5. EnglishtodayOrontes

Every English word from Egyptian jrnt

Another origin of Orontes

  1. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Raivant-reconstructed
  2. Old Medianmodern*Arēvandreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὈρόντηςOróntēs
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEOrontēs
  5. EnglishtodayOrontes

Today it means

name A river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Egyptian jrnt / Orontes

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