Where does “epsilon” come from?
Epsilon comes from Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν, which was derived from Phoenician 𐤄.
epsilon (English): The name for the fifth letter of the Greek...
Definitions
- The name for the fifth letter of the Greek...
Ancestry of “epsilon”, step by step
epsilon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retrovirus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retrovirus | Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of... |
| 2 | English | retro- | Back or backward; Behind; In the opposite... |
| 3 | Latin | retrō | back, backwards, behind |
| 4 | Latin | dūcere | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |