Where does “b” come from?

b (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech B, from Latin B, from Etruscan 𐌁, from Ancient Greek β, from Phoenician 𐤁, from Egyptian 𓉐.

Ancestry of “b”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CzechBB flat
2LatinB—
3Etruscan𐌁be
4Ancient GreekβLower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: and later the voiced labiodental fricative. It is preceded by α and followed by γ
5Phoenician𐤁bet; beth; house
6Egyptian𓉐—

Words derived from “b”

Every word from Egyptian 𓉐 →Every word from Phoenician 𐤁 →Every word from Ancient Greek β →