Where does “альфабет” come from?

альфабет (Ukrainian) comes from Latin alphabētum, from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.

альфабет (Ukrainian): alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the Latin alphabet

Definitions

  1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language), especially the Latin alphabet

Ancestry of “альфабет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalphabētumalphabet
2Byzantine Greekἀλφάβητονaccusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet
3Ancient Greekἀλφάβητοςalphabet
4Ancient Greekἄλφαalpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the...
5Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle
6Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-thousand
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- →Every word from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 →Every word from Ancient Greek ἄλφα →