Where does “álef” come from?

álef (Spanish) comes from Hebrew אלף, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

álef (Spanish): aleph

Definitions

  1. aleph

Ancestry of “álef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאלףthousand, one thousand; millennium; thousandship,...
2Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand

Words derived from “álef”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Hebrew אלף →
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