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Where does “zeta” come from?

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

zeta (Spanish): the letter Z; zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ; theta;...

Definitions

  1. the letter Z; zeta; the Greek letter Ζ, ζ; theta;...

Ancestry of “zeta”, 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?—
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