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Where does “𐤂𐤁𐤋” come from?

𐤂𐤁𐤋 (Phoenician) comes from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

Ancestry of “𐤂𐤁𐤋”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phoenician𐤀𐤋god, deity
2Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

Words derived from “𐤂𐤁𐤋”

  • Bible
  • biblical
  • Biblical
  • bibliography
  • bible
  • bibliographic
  • biblically
  • bibliophile
  • Byblos
  • bibliotherapy
  • unbiblical
  • bibliographer
  • extrabiblical
  • nonbiblical
  • postbiblical
  • bibliomaniac
  • bibliomania
  • bibliometric
  • bibliotheca
  • bibliolatry
  • bibliopole
  • bibliophilia
  • bibliophilic
  • bibliometrics
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