ScriptureWar, law & rule

pharaoh

Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ 'great house' meant the royal palace before it meant the king, much as 'the White House' can mean the president; Coptic kept it as the word for 'king'. The Hebrew Bible carried it to Greek, Latin and every Christian language, and the Qurʾan to Persian, Turkish and Malay.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Biblical Hebrew to Syriac, Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Late Latin to Old French, French

From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic

From Arabic to Persian

From Arabic to Malay

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Russian

From Late Latin to Old Spanish

From Late Latin to Italian

From Late Latin to German

2500 BCEAncient Egyptian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.