Where does “alef” come from?

alef (Portuguese) comes from Hebrew אלף, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

alef (Portuguese): aleph

Definitions

  1. aleph

Ancestry of “alef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאלףthousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
2Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Hebrew אלף →