PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · vor 11 MonatenIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down18
arrow-up1248arrow-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 · vor 11 Monatenmessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·vor 11 MonatenIf 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·vor 11 MonatenThis is what I thought. From Hebrew.
minus-squareNoMoreLurking@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·vor 11 MonatenFrom Phoenician actually https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-2vor 11 MonatenFrom Egyptian Hieroglyphs actually. Which the Phoenicians turned into letters, which eventually became our letters. Look, A is a lil upside down cows head hieroglyph.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·vor 11 MonatenIn all honesty, I don’t know which of the two languages is older.
minus-squareastraeus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 11 MonatenHebrew is slightly older than Greek but it was also more isolated than Greek and likely did not have much influence on Greek. As another commenter pointed out, Phoenician is the accepted source for the Greek alphabet.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·vor 11 MonatenI guess that answers that.
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.
In all honesty, I don’t know which of the two languages is older.
Hebrew is slightly older than Greek but it was also more isolated than Greek and likely did not have much influence on Greek. As another commenter pointed out, Phoenician is the accepted source for the Greek alphabet.
I guess that answers that.