Where does “alphabétisme” come from?
alphabétisme (French) comes from French alphabet, from Latin alphabētum, from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.
alphabétisme (French): literacy, the characteristic of knowing how to...
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Ancestry of “alphabétisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alphabet | alphabet set of letters considered as a group |
| 2 | Latin | alphabētum | alphabet |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | ἀλφάβητον | accusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλφάβητος | alphabet |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλφα | alpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the... |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋𐤐 | thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔalp- | thousand |