Ordered at the root ط غ و (ṭ ḡ w) or ط غ ي (ṭ ḡ y) related to transgression and explained as a being “transgressing the law”. However it is considered a loanword: * from Ge'ez ጣዖት (ṭaʿot, “idol”), from Hebrew טָעוּת (ṭaʿút, “error”), from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic and Jewish Palestinian Aramaic טעותא (ṭaʿúta, “idol, false god”) * with Wahib Atallah from Egyptian ḏḥwtj (“Thoth”) as a personification of superstitious practices, while he sees جِبْت (jibt) used with طَاغُوت (ṭāḡūt) in hendiadys in Qurʾān 4:51 as reflecting Hijazi pronunciation of قِبْط (qibṭ, “Egyptians”)