Where does “zeta” come from?

zeta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

zeta (Serbo-Croatian): zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ; genitive/accusative...

Definitions

  1. zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ; genitive/accusative...

Ancestry of “zeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
2Phoenician𐤆this
3Egyptian?
Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤆Every word from Ancient Greek ζῆτα
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