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-square50fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down18
arrow-up1242arrow-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-square50fedilink
minus-squaremodeler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoAnd the Greeks took it from the Phoenicians where it was Alep Bet (almost identical to the Hebrew Aleph Beth). And these are words that start with the sound of the letter. Aleph means Ox and Beth is house.
And the Greeks took it from the Phoenicians where it was Alep Bet (almost identical to the Hebrew Aleph Beth).
And these are words that start with the sound of the letter. Aleph means Ox and Beth is house.