Where does “alfabetumo” come from?

alfabetumo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto alfabeto, from Late Latin alphabetum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

alfabetumo (Esperanto): alphabet book, abecedary

Definitions

  1. alphabet book, abecedary

Ancestry of “alfabetumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoalfabetoalphabet
2Late Latinalphabetumalphabet
3Ancient Greekἀλφάβητοςalphabet
4Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
5Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
6Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →Every word from Ancient Greek ἄλφα →