Where does “แอลฟา” come from?

แอลฟา (Thai) comes from English alpha, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

แอลฟา (Thai): alpha

Definitions

  1. alpha

Ancestry of “แอลฟา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalphaThe name of the first letter of the Greek...
2Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
3Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
4Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐Every word from Ancient Greek ἄλφα