Etymology

alphanumeric

al·pha·nu·mer·ic
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Today it means: Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9. Full definition →

English numeric ← French numérique ← Latin numerus
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The story

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-
  2. Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)
  3. Ancient Greekἄλφα (álpha)
  4. Proto-Semitic*bayt-
  5. Phoenician𐤁𐤕 (bt)
  6. Ancient Greekβῆτᾰ (bêtă)
  7. Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
  8. Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
  9. Classical Latinalphabētum
  10. Middle Englishalphabete
  11. Englishalphabet
  12. Englishalpha-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  14. Proto-Italic*nomezos
  15. Latinnumerus
  16. Frenchnumérique
  17. Englishnumeric
  18. English todayalphanumeric

From alpha- + numeric.

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