Where does β€œB” come from?

B (Old English) comes from Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁, from Ancient Greek Ξ², from Phoenician 𐀁, from Egyptian 𓉐.

Ancestry of β€œB”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBβ€”
2Etruscan𐌁be
3Ancient GreekΞ²Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by Ξ± and followed by Ξ³
4Phoenician𐀁bet; beth; house
5Egyptian𓉐—

Words derived from β€œB”

Every word from Egyptian 𓉐 β†’Every word from Phoenician 𐀁 β†’Every word from Ancient Greek Ξ² β†’