The Greek name Αιθιοπία (from , "Aithiops", "an Ethiopian") is a compound word, derived from the two Greek words, from + ("aitho" "I burn" + "ops" "face"). According to the Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon, the designation properly translates as "Burnt-face" in noun form and "red-brown" in adjectival form. The historian Herodotus used the appellation to denote those parts of Africa South of the Sahara that were then known within the Ecumene (inhabitable world). However, the Greek formation may be a folk etymology for the Ancient Egyptian term "athtiu-abu", which means 'robbers of hearts'. This Greek name was borrowed into Amharic as ኢትዮጵያ, "ʾĪtyōṗṗyā".