Where does “alphabētum” come from?

alphabētum (Latin) comes from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

alphabētum (Latin): alphabet

Definitions

  1. alphabet

Ancestry of “alphabētum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekἀλφάβητονaccusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet
2Ancient Greekἀλφάβητοςalphabet
3Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
4Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
5Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand

Words derived from “alphabētum”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →Every word from Ancient Greek ἄλφα →