Where does “ipsilon” come from?

ipsilon (Italian) comes from Latin ȳpsīlon, from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

ipsilon (Italian): The name of the Latin-script letter Y.; wye; The...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.; wye; The...

Ancestry of “ipsilon”, step by step

ipsilon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ȳpsīlon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinȳpsīlon—
2Ancient Greekὖ ψιλόνupsilon, the name for the twenty-first letter Υ,...
3Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
4Egyptian𓏲—

via Greek ύψιλον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekύψιλονupsilon, the 20th letter of the modern Greek...
2Ancient Greekὖ ψῑλόν—

Words derived from “ipsilon”

Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν →