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

zeta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish ceda

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?

via Ancient Greek θῆτα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekθῆταtheta, the name for the eighth letter Θ, θ of the...
2Phoenician𐤈‬

Words derived from “zeta

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