The story
- Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-
- Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)
- Ancient Greekἄλφα (álpha)
- Proto-Semitic*bayt-
- Phoenician𐤁𐤕 (bt)
- Ancient Greekβῆτᾰ (bêtă)
- Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
- Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
- Classical Latinalphabētum
- Middle Englishalphabete
- Englishalphabet(ical)
- Englishalphabetize
- English todayalphabetization
From alphabetize + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.