PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down13
arrow-up1181arrow-down1message-squareIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoIf it isn’t, then where else would the word “alphabet” come from? Oh wait, you could look at the Hebrew alphabet and pretend that the word came from its first two letters: Aleph and Bet.
minus-squarepohart@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoThis is what I thought. From Hebrew.
minus-squareNoMoreLurking@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoFrom Phoenician actually https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoFrom Egyptian Hieroglyphs actually. Which the Phoenicians turned into letters, which eventually became our letters. Look, A is a lil upside down cows head hieroglyph.
If it isn’t, then where else would the word “alphabet” come from?
Oh wait, you could look at the Hebrew alphabet and pretend that the word came from its first two letters: Aleph and Bet.
This is what I thought. From Hebrew.
From Phoenician actually
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet
From Egyptian Hieroglyphs actually.
Which the Phoenicians turned into letters, which eventually became our letters.
Look, A is a lil upside down cows head hieroglyph.