Etymology

Helvetica

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Today it means: A popular and influential sans-serif typeface. Full definition →

Latin Helvētica
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromHelvētica“Swiss”
  2. English todayHelvetica

Borrowed from Latin Helvētica (“Swiss”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.