Where does “zed” come from?

zed (English) comes from Middle English zed, from Old French zede, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

zed (English): The name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something...

Ancestry of “zed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishzed—
2Old Frenchzede—
3Latinzēta—
4Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
5Phoenician𐤆this
6Egyptian?—

Words derived from “zed”

Every word from Egyptian ? →Every word from Phoenician 𐤆 →Every word from Ancient Greek ζῆτα →