PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down18
arrow-up1245arrow-down1message-squareIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarevoidMainVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoThe Latin word is “abecedarium”. I don’t know why English adopted the Greek word.
minus-squarevoidMainVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoTrue, but it does have a lot of Latinate words.
The Latin word is “abecedarium”. I don’t know why English adopted the Greek word.
I mean, English isn’t a Romance language
True, but it does have a lot of Latinate words.