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ivory

Egyptian ꜣbw meant both 'elephant' and 'ivory' (and named the island of Elephantine). Latin ebur probably comes from it, and through French eboreus became ivory; Greek eléphas, 'ivory' before it meant the animal, may be the same word with a prefix.

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2500 BCEAncient Egyptian

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