Where does “alphabetic” come from?
Alphabetic comes from French -ique, Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, and ultimately Proto-Semitic ʾalp-, the root for the first letter of the alphabet.
alphabetic (English): Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the...
Definitions
- Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the...
Ancestry of “alphabetic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | alphabétique | alphabetical |
| 2 | French | alphabet | alphabet |
| 3 | Latin | alphabētum | — |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | ἀλφάβητον | accusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλφάβητος | alphabet |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄλφα | alpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋𐤐 | thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔalp- | — |
Words derived from “alphabetic”