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Where does “ceda” come from?

ceda (Old Spanish) comes from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

ceda (Old Spanish): The name of the Latin-script letter Z

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Z

Ancestry of “ceda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzēta—
2Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
3Phoenician𐤆this
4Egyptian?—

Words derived from “ceda”

  • cedilla
  • cedilla
  • cediglia
  • cédille
  • cedilha
  • ceda
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