Where does “گام” come from?
گام (Persian) comes from French gammé, from French gamma, from Ancient Greek γάμμα, from Phoenician 𐤂, from Egyptian 𓌙.
گام (Persian): step; scale
Definitions
- step; scale
Ancestry of “گام”, step by step
گام traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French gammé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gammé | Having branches in the form of an uppercase gamma |
| 2 | French | gamma | gamma Greek letter |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γάμμα | gamma, the name for the third letter Γ, γ of the... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤂 | gimel; giml |
| 5 | Egyptian | 𓌙 | — |
via Proto-Iranian *gáHma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | *gáHma | — |