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Where does “alfabetitzar” come from?

alfabetitzar (Catalan) comes from Catalan alfabet, from Latin alphabētum, from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-.

alfabetitzar (Catalan): to alphabetize; to teach to read and write

Definitions

  1. to alphabetize; to teach to read and write

Ancestry of “alfabetitzar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanalfabetalphabet
2Latinalphabētum—
3Byzantine Greekἀλφάβητονaccusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet
4Ancient Greekἀλφάβητοςalphabet
5Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
6Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
7Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-—
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