Where does “rho” come from?

rho (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek ῥῶ, from Phoenician 𐤓‬.

Ancestry of “rho”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	ῥῶ	rho, the name for the seventeenth letter Ρ, ρ of...
2	Phoenician	𐤓‬	—

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