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Where does “iota” come from?

iota (Spanish) comes from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα, from Phoenician 𐤉, from Egyptian 𓂝.

iota (Spanish): iota

Definitions

  1. iota

Ancestry of “iota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἰῶταiota, the name for the ninth letter Ι, ι of the...
2Phoenician𐤉yod; yodh
3Egyptian𓂝—
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