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Where does “á-bê-cê” come from?

á-bê-cê (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese á, from Latin a, from Latin A, from Etruscan 𐌀, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔, from Phoenician 𐤀, from Egyptian 𓃾.

á-bê-cê (Portuguese): ABC

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Ancestry of “á-bê-cê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseáThe name of the Latin-script letter A; wing
2LatinaThe name of the letter "A"; from, away from, out...
3LatinA—
4Etruscan𐌀—
5Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
6Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
7Egyptian𓃾—
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