Where does “cediglia” come from?

cediglia (Italian) comes from Spanish cedilla, from Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

cediglia (Italian): cedilla

Definitions

  1. cedilla

Ancestry of “cediglia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishcedillaName of the letter ç; cedilla
2Old SpanishcedaThe name of the Latin-script letter Z
3Latinzēta
4Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
5Phoenician𐤆this
6Egyptian?
Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤆Every word from Ancient Greek ζῆτα
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