Where does “an-pha-bê” come from?
an-pha-bê (Vietnamese) comes from French alphabet, from Latin alphabētum, from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα, from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐, from Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- — thousand.
an-pha-bê (Vietnamese): an alphabet; a set of all letters used to write a given language, arranged in a specific order
Definitions
- an alphabet; a set of all letters used to write a given language, arranged in a specific order
Ancestry of “an-pha-bê”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alphabet | alphabet set of letters considered as a group |
| 2 | Latin | alphabētum | alphabet |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | ἀλφάβητον | accusative singular of ἀλφάβητος; alphabet |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλφάβητος | alphabet |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλφα | alpha, the name for the first letter Α, α of the... |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋𐤐 | thousand; bull, ox, head of cattle |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔalp- | thousand |