Where does “zee” come from?

Zee comes from Middle English zed, from Old French zede, from Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Hebrew זין, the name of a Hebrew letter.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “zee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzedThe name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something...
2Middle Englishzed—
3Old Frenchzede—
4Latinzēta—
5Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
6Phoenician𐤆this
7Egyptian?—

Words derived from “zee”

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