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άλφα: Phoenician → Ancient Greek → Modern Greek · Lexodus

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άλφα

Inherited from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp /⁠ʾālep⁠/, “bull, ox”).

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This journey was extracted automatically from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and hasn't been checked by a person yet. Dates marked “c.” are estimated from each language's period, and every hop is graded at best “probable”.

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Wiktionary: άλφα (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 950 BCEPhoenician

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c. 950 BCE
c. 670 BCE
c. 1553

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.