Where does “alpha-” come from?

alpha- (English) comes from English alphabet, from Middle English alphabete.

alpha- (English): Related to or characteristic of an alphabet or alphabetic characters

Definitions

  1. Related to or characteristic of an alphabet or alphabetic characters

Ancestry of “alpha-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalphabetThe set of letters used when writing in a...
2Middle Englishalphabete

Words derived from “alpha-

Every word from Middle English alphabeteEvery word from English alphabet