Etymology

beth

B3E1T1H4

Today it means: The second letter of the Phoenician alphabet, 𐤁 Full definition →

Proto-Semitic *bayt-
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The story

  1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*bayt-“house”
  2. English todaybeth

From Middle Bronze Age picture of a house by acrophony, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”). Doublet of beta.

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