English
lamassu
Lamassu comes from Akkadian lamassu ‘a lamassu protective spirit’.
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCElamassutransliteratedcuneiform lamassu, a transliteration‘a lamassu protective spirit’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCElamassutransliteratedcuneiform lamassu, a transliteration‘a lamassu protective spirit’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Akkadian lamassu
Today it means
noun An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Akkadian lamassu / lamassu