Where does “cedilla” come from?

cedilla (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish ceda, from Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα, from Phoenician 𐤆, from Egyptian ?.

cedilla (Spanish): Name of the letter ç; cedilla

Definitions

  1. Name of the letter ç; cedilla

Ancestry of “cedilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SpanishcedaThe name of the Latin-script letter Z
2Latinzēta
3Ancient Greekζῆταzeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the...
4Phoenician𐤆this
5Egyptian?

Words derived from “cedilla

Every word from Egyptian ?Every word from Phoenician 𐤆Every word from Ancient Greek ζῆτα