English Explanatory Dictionary

heben

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ebony.

Word forms

heben

Etymology

From Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3

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