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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | B | B flat |
| 2 | Latin | B | — |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌁 | be |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | β | Lower-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 |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤁 | bet; beth; house |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓉐 | — |