Where does “ípsilon” come from?

ípsilon (Portuguese) comes from Latin ȳpsīlon, from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

ípsilon (Portuguese): wye; upsilon

Definitions

  1. wye; upsilon

Ancestry of “ípsilon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinȳpsīlon—
2Ancient Greekὖ ψιλόνupsilon, the name for the twenty-first letter Υ,...
3Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
4Egyptian𓏲—
Every word from Egyptian 𓏲 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤅 →Every word from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν →