Where does “cédille” come from?

cédille (English) comes from French cédille, from Spanish cedilla, from Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

cédille (English): A cedilla

Definitions

  1. A cedilla

Ancestry of “cédille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcédillecedilla
2SpanishcedillaName of the letter ç; cedilla
3Old SpanishcedaThe name of the Latin-script letter Z
4Latinzēta
5Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
6Phoenician𐤆this
7Egyptian?
Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤆Every word from Ancient Greek ζῆτα