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Where does “zède” come from?

zède (French) comes from Old French zede, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

zède (French): zed, zee, The name of the Latin-script letter Z

Definitions

  1. zed, zee, The name of the Latin-script letter Z

Ancestry of “zède”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchzede—
2Latinzēta—
3Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
4Phoenician𐤆this
5Egyptian?—

Words derived from “zède”

  • dét
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