English
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun comes from Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEtwt-ꜥnḫ-jmntwt-ꜥnḫ-jmnliterally ‘Living Image of Amun’
- EnglishtodayTutankhamun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEtwt-ꜥnḫ-jmntwt-ꜥnḫ-jmnliterally ‘Living Image of Amun’
- EnglishtodayTutankhamun
The story
Borrowed from Egyptian i-mn:n-t-w&t-anx (twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, literally “Living Image of Amun”). The variant spellings of the final vowel are taken from variant forms of the name of the god Amun as found in various different sources: u from Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), o from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), and e from the purely conventional system of Egyptological pronunciation.
Every English word from Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn
Today it means
name Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn / Tutankhamun