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Where does “ζεττα-” come from?

ζεττα- (Greek) comes from English zetta-, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά, from Proto-Hellenic heptə́, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

ζεττα- (Greek): zetta-

Definitions

  1. zetta-

Ancestry of “ζεττα-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishzetta-API; In the International System of Units and...
2Ancient Greekἑπτάseven
3Proto-Hellenicheptə́seven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
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