Where does “alfabeto” come from?
alfabeto (Spanish) comes from Spanish analfabeto, from Late Latin analphabētus, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
alfabeto (Spanish): alphabet; literate; literate person
Definitions
- alphabet; literate; literate person
Ancestry of “alfabeto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | analfabeto | unlettered, illiterate; illiterate person |
| 2 | Late Latin | analphabētus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλφάβητος | illiterate |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
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