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alfa: Phoenician → Ancient Greek → Polish · Lexodus

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alfa

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ /⁠ʾālep⁠/). First attested in 1533. Doublet of alef and alif.

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

c. 950 BCEPhoenician

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c. 950 BCE
c. 670 BCE
c. 1300

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