Where does “cédille” come from?

cédille (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French cédille, from Spanish cedilla, from Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

cédille (Norwegian Nynorsk): a cedilla

Definitions

a cedilla

Ancestry of “cédille”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	cédille	cedilla
2	Spanish	cedilla	Name of the letter ç; cedilla
3	Old Spanish	ceda	The name of the Latin-script letter Z
4	Latin	zēta	—
5	Ancient Greek	ζῆτα	zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
6	Phoenician	𐤆	this
7	Egyptian	?	—

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