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Where does “epsilon” come from?

epsilon (Dutch) comes from Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν, from Phoenician 𐤄‬.

epsilon (Dutch): The name for the fifth letter of the Greek...

Definitions

  1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek...

Ancestry of “epsilon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἒ ψιλόνepsilon, the name for the fifth letter Ε, ε of...
2Phoenician𐤄‬—
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