Eburnean
/ɪˈbɜːr.ni.ən/noun
Made of, resembling, or relating to ivory.
Did you know?Eburnean comes from Latin *eburneus* (“ivory, made of ivory”), ultimately from *ebur* (“ivory”), a word tied to one of antiquity’s most prized substances.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h1éḱwos
“horse”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἐλέφας (eléphas)
“ivory; elephant”
Latin
Latin
ebur
“ivory”
Latin
Latin
eburneus
“of ivory; ivory-colored”
16th–17th Century
English
eburnean
“ivory-like; made of ivory”
Modern English
English
eburnean
“made of or resembling ivory”
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