English
koppa
Koppa comes from Ancient Greek κόππα ‘Koppa, an archaic letter of the Ancient Greek…’, and goes back to Egyptian Egyptian form.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEEgyptian formtransliteratedhieroglyphs Egyptian form, a transliteration
- Phoenicianmodern𐤒
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόππαkóppa‘Koppa, an archaic letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet ⟨Ϙ, ϙ⟩’
- Englishtodaykoppa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEEgyptian formtransliteratedhieroglyphs Egyptian form, a transliteration
- Phoenicianmodern𐤒
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόππαkóppa‘Koppa, an archaic letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet ⟨Ϙ, ϙ⟩’
- Englishtodaykoppa
The story
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόππα (kóppa), originally ϙόππα (qóppa).
Every English word from Egyptian Egyptian form
Today it means
noun An Ancient Greek letter representing /k/, Ϙ / ϙ, replaced by kappa by the Classical Greek period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian Egyptian form / koppa