Etymograph

English

Ramesside

Ramesside comes from French Ramesside.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentRamesside
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentRamesside
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

Earliest quotation: 2016, Chloé Ragazzoli, Gojko Barjamovic: “The scribal literature I mentioned before is a very…”

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Ramesside period of ancient Egyptian history, named such after its eleven pharaohs named Ramesses.

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

Etymograph / French Ramesside / Ramesside