Etymograph

English

alfabeto

Alfabeto comes from Italian alfabeto ‘alphabet’, from Phoenician 𐤀 ‘ox’, and ultimately from Egyptian E1.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEE1
  2. Phoenicianmodern𐤀‘ox’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλφάβητος‘alphabet’
  4. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ἀλφάβητον
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEalphabētum‘alphabet’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentalfabeto‘alphabet’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1987same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEE1
  2. Phoenicianmodern𐤀‘ox’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλφάβητος‘alphabet’
  4. Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ἀλφάβητον
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEalphabētum‘alphabet’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentalfabeto‘alphabet’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1987same form

Earliest quotation: 1987, Journal of the Lute Society of America: “The monograph should deal not only with modal scales…”

Linked words

through Phoenician 𐤀 ‘ox’

alpha, 1 more

through Late Latin alphabētum ‘alphabet’

alphabet, 1 more

Today it means

noun Noodles shaped like letters of the alphabet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Egyptian E1 / alfabeto

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