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Ancient Greek

letter

Definitions

The letter ἄλφα (alpha), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤀 (aleph, alef).

Origin

Phoenician

𐤀

Gloss

aleph, alef

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

A Latin
a Latin
avizō Latin
acatar Spanish, Castilian
A Ancient Greek
ἄλφα Ancient Greek
a Portuguese
acatar Portuguese
alínea Portuguese
alínea Galician
a Faroese
𐌰 Gothic
𓃾 Egyptian
a Slovak
ܐ Classical Syriac
a Ladin
𐤀 Phoenician
𐌀 Etruscan

A
ἄλφα