• Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Pretty much. English borrowed it from Latin because it’s posh. And Latin borrowed it from Greek because it’s posh. But at the end of the day it’s in the same spirit as “the ABC”, or Latin “abecedarius”.

  • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yes

    Where does the word alphabet come from?

    The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. It was first used, in its Latin form, alphabetum, by Tertullian during the 2nd–3rd century CE and by St. Jerome.