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Where does “ביתא” come from?

ביתא (Hebrew) comes from Ancient Greek βῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤁𐤕, from Proto-Semitic bayt- — house.

Ancestry of “ביתא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβῆταbeta, the name for the second letter Β, β of the...
2Phoenician𐤁𐤕house
3Proto-Semiticbayt-house
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