English
eta
Eta comes from Ancient Greek ἦτα ‘eta, the name for the seventh letter Η (Ē), η…’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦταêta‘eta, the name for the seventh letter Η (Ē), η (ē) of the Ancient Greek alphabet’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022eta
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦταêta‘eta, the name for the seventh letter Η (Ē), η (ē) of the Ancient Greek alphabet’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022eta
Earliest quotation: 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel: “Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange.…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἦτα
Another origin of eta
- Japanesemodern穢多‘full of filth’
- Englishtodayeta
Today it means
noun The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἦτα / eta