Where does “tau” come from?

tau (Malay) comes from English tau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ, from Phoenician 𐤕, from Egyptian 𓏴.

tau (Malay): Nonstandard spelling of tahu

Definitions

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tahu

Ancestry of “tau”, step by step

tau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtauThe letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient...
2Ancient Greekταῦtau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of...
3Phoenician𐤕taw
4Egyptian𓏴—

via Proto-Malayic tahu(ʔ)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictahu(ʔ)to know; be able to
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaquto know how; be able to
3Proto-AustronesianCaquto know how, be able to

Words derived from “tau”

Every word from Egyptian 𓏴 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤕 →Every word from Ancient Greek ταῦ →