Where does “abc” come from?

abc (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English ABC, from Middle English abece — An alphabet; the Latin alphabet.

abc (Norwegian Bokmål): ABC; a textbook in reading or spelling; basic...

Definitions

  1. ABC; a textbook in reading or spelling; basic...

Ancestry of “abc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishABCThe alphabet; A type of poem in which the lines...
2Middle EnglishabeceAn alphabet; the Latin alphabet

Words derived from “abc”

Every word from Middle English abece →Every word from English ABC →