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Where does “álef” come from?
álef (Spanish) comes from Hebrew אלף, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.
álef
(Spanish): aleph
Definitions
aleph
Ancestry of “álef”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hebrew
אלף
thousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
2
Proto-Semitic
*ʔalp-
thousand
Words derived from “álef”
alef
alefato
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