English
qite
Qite comes from Egyptian qdt ‘a qite, a measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀…’, and goes back to Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ.
- Copticmodernⲕⲓⲧⲉkite
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEqdt‘a qite, a measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ dbn, or 9.1 grams’
- Demotic Egyptianmodernqt
- Englishearliest quotation 1981qite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Copticmodernⲕⲓⲧⲉkite
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEqdt‘a qite, a measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ dbn, or 9.1 grams’
- Demotic Egyptianmodernqt
- Englishearliest quotation 1981qite
Earliest quotation: 1981, Pierre Montet, The Arts and the Professions: “[I]n the great Harris papyrus, […] precise quantities are…”
Linked words
through Demotic Egyptian qt
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ / qite