PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldBanned to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 years agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1250
arrow-up1250message-squareIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldBanned to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squaremodeler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 years 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.
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 years agoIt’s also “ABC” (“ábécé”) in Hungarian. (And I bet in a lot of other languages too.)
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoThen why do Abacuses help us count instead of spell? 🤔
minus-squareDillyDaily@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoAbacus comes from the Greek “Abak” meaning board or slab.
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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.
It’s also “ABC” (“ábécé”) in Hungarian. (And I bet in a lot of other languages too.)
Then why do Abacuses help us count instead of spell? 🤔
Abacus comes from the Greek “Abak” meaning board or slab.
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