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

alfabeto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish analfabeto

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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

via Latin alphabētum

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	alphabētum	alphabet
2	Byzantine Greek	ἀλφάβητον	accusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet
3	Koine Greek	ἀλφάβητος	—

Words derived from “alfabeto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →