Etymograph

English

hotep

Hotep comes from Egyptian Htp:t*p ‘to be content, at peace’, and goes back to Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄.

  1. Copticmodernϩⲱⲧⲡ̄hōtp̄
  2. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEHtp:t*p‘to be content, at peace’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1993hotep

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Copticmodernϩⲱⲧⲡ̄hōtp̄
  2. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEHtp:t*p‘to be content, at peace’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1993hotep

Earliest quotation: 1993, Mike Bowen, Black Intellectuals (was: Re: THE CASE AGAINST RAP MUSIC): “Dr. Ben gave me a good laugh. As a…”

The story

From Egyptian Htp:t*p (ḥtp, “to be content, at peace; contentment, peace”), a common element of Ancient Egyptian personal names, with the vowels taken over from its descendant, Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄ (hōtp̄); Ancient Egypt is the focus of several Afrocentric conspiracy theories.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄

Today it means

noun A subscriber to Afrocentric conspiracy theories.

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

Etymograph / Coptic ϩⲱⲧⲡ̄ / hotep

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