Etymology

alphabetic

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Today it means: Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. Full definition →

French alphabétique ← Latin alphabēticus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromalphabēticus
  2. French · borrowed fromalphabétique
  3. English todayalphabetic

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.

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