Αἰθίοψ

Etymology
From, explained since antiquity as , though this is a folk etymology.

Beekes argues that the first assumed root always has senses related to brightness and never to darkness, that the -ί- as well as -ο- instead of -ώ- are unexplained (the explanation actually is something), and that -οπ- (-οψ) is a typical substrate suffix observed in ethnonyms like  and. The suffix is shaped differently in 🇨🇬.

A connection to this colour however brings closer the native  to explain the unsuffixed etymon. Frankincense had the primary characteristic of being white, so also the source of is a Semitic root related to whiteness. The word might ultimately refer to the incense trade passing from Abyssinia. The folk of Ethiopia was so noted for earning its living by olibanum commerce that the Arabs even derived a term from their other ethnonym.

Noun

 * 1) Ethiopian