Etymograph

English

Phaophi

Phaophi comes from Ancient Greek Φαωφί, and goes back to Egyptian pꜣ-n-jpt.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ-n-jpt
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦαωφίPhaōphí
  3. EnglishtodayPhaophi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ-n-jpt
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦαωφίPhaōphí
  3. EnglishtodayPhaophi

Today it means

name The second month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phaophi has been in roughly October.

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

Etymograph / Egyptian pꜣ-n-jpt / Phaophi