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Where does “tau” come from?

tau (Finnish) comes from Ancient Greek ταῦ, from Phoenician 𐤕, from Egyptian 𓏴.

tau (Finnish): tau; tauon, tau

Definitions

  1. tau; tauon, tau

Ancestry of “tau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekταῦtau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of...
2Phoenician𐤕taw
3Egyptian𓏴—

Words derived from “tau”

  • antitau
  • taut
Every word from Egyptian 𓏴 →