Where does “ȳpsīlon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ȳpsīlon”, step by step

ȳpsīlon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν

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

via Koine Greek ὖ ψιλόν

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koine Greekὖ ψιλόνbare u; upsilon, the name for the twenty-first...
2Phoenician𐤅‬—

Words derived from “ȳpsīlon”

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