Where does “cédille” come from?
cédille (French) comes from Spanish cedilla, from Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.
cédille (French): cedilla
Ancestry of “cédille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | cedilla | Name of the letter ç; cedilla |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ceda | The name of the Latin-script letter Z |
| 3 | Latin | zēta | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ζῆτα | zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the... |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤆 | this |
| 6 | Egyptian | ? | — |