"Egyptian" or in relation to Egypt) or ???????? kuptaion (Sahidic). The Coptic word in turn represents an adaptation of the Greek term for the indigenous people of Egypt, ?????????.

The Greek term for Egypt, Aígyptos , itself derives from the Egyptian language, but dates to a much earlier period, being attested already in Mycenaean Greek as a₃-ku-pi-ti-jo (lit. "Egyptian"; used here as a man's