Where does “em dash” come from?
em dash (English) comes from Translingual m, from Translingual M, from Ancient Greek Μ, from Ancient Greek Μοῖρα, from Proto-Hellenic móřřā.
em dash (English): The symbol
Ancestry of “em dash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | m | The cardinal number one thousand |
| 2 | Translingual | M | Thousand; The thousandth |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μ | Mu; my |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μοῖρα | Fates |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | móřřā | — |