Egypto-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is usually maintained on the second syllable, e.g. Egypto-Arabic Brit.

/ᵻˌdʒɪptəʊˈarəbɪk/, U.S.

/əˌdʒɪptoʊˈɛrəbɪk/.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Egypt , -o- connective.

Etymology: < Egypt, the name of a country in North Africa + -o- connective.Compare ancient Greek Αἰγυπτο-, combining form (in e.g. Αἰγυπτογενής of Egyptian race) of Αἴγυπτος Egypt. Compare also French égypto-.

Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘Egyptian and…’, as Egypto-Abyssinian, Egypto-Arab, Egypto-Arabic, Egypto-Caucasian, Egypto-Semitic, Egypto-Syrian, Egypto-Turk.

ΚΠ

1831 Athenæum 3 Dec. 787/3 All..were obviously of Arabian or Egypto-Caucasian extraction.

1870 P. B. Randolph Seership! (1884) 73 Nor do I see any reason why the white women of Western Europe..should not be as..successful..as their Arabian and Egypto-Syriac sisters.

1879 Chambers's Jrnl. 174/2 The Egypto-Syrian forces.

1884 Illustr. London News 9 Feb. 130/1 Peace had been completely restored on the Egypto-Abyssinian frontier.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 16 Even these fanatical Egypto-Turks,..even these degraded Egypto-Arabs.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Saracenic The square or polygonal minarets in diminishing stories of the Arabic or Egypto-Arabic style.

1937 J. R. Firth Tongues of Men iv. 52 The diffusion of the Egypto-Semitic wordcraft.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	egypto-
释义	Egypto-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is usually maintained on the second syllable, e.g. Egypto-Arabic Brit. /ᵻˌdʒɪptəʊˈarəbɪk/, U.S. /əˌdʒɪptoʊˈɛrəbɪk/. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Egypt , -o- connective. Etymology: < Egypt, the name of a country in North Africa + -o- connective.Compare ancient Greek Αἰγυπτο-, combining form (in e.g. Αἰγυπτογενής of Egyptian race) of Αἴγυπτος Egypt. Compare also French égypto-. Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘Egyptian and…’, as Egypto-Abyssinian, Egypto-Arab, Egypto-Arabic, Egypto-Caucasian, Egypto-Semitic, Egypto-Syrian, Egypto-Turk. ΚΠ 1831 Athenæum 3 Dec. 787/3 All..were obviously of Arabian or Egypto-Caucasian extraction. 1870 P. B. Randolph Seership! (1884) 73 Nor do I see any reason why the white women of Western Europe..should not be as..successful..as their Arabian and Egypto-Syriac sisters. 1879 Chambers's Jrnl. 174/2 The Egypto-Syrian forces. 1884 Illustr. London News 9 Feb. 130/1 Peace had been completely restored on the Egypto-Abyssinian frontier. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 16 Even these fanatical Egypto-Turks,..even these degraded Egypto-Arabs. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Saracenic The square or polygonal minarets in diminishing stories of the Arabic or Egypto-Arabic style. 1937 J. R. Firth Tongues of Men iv. 52 The diffusion of the Egypto-Semitic wordcraft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1831
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