Where does “phi” come from?

Phi comes from Late Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ, of unknown ultimate origin.

phi (English): Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern...

Definitions

  1. Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern...

Ancestry of “phi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphi—
2Ancient Greekφεῖphi, the name for the twenty-second letter Φ, φ...

Words derived from “phi”

Every word from Ancient Greek φεῖ →Every word from Latin phi →