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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ancient Greek
βῆτα
beta, the name for the second letter Β, β of the...
2
Phoenician
𐤁𐤕
house
3
Proto-Semitic
bayt-
house
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