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Where does “iota” come from?

iota (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα, from Phoenician 𐤉, from Egyptian 𓂝.

Ancestry of “iota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἰῶταiota, the name for the ninth letter Ι, ι of the...
2Phoenician𐤉yod; yodh
3Egyptian𓂝—
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