Where does “cedilla” come from?

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

cedilla (English): In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese...

Definitions

  1. In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese...

Ancestry of “cedilla”, step by step

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