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- 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
- Englishalpha-
- Proto-Indo-European*nem-
- Proto-Italic*nomezos
- Latinnumerus
- Frenchnumérique
- Englishnumeric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishnumerical
- English todayalphanumerical
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.