PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down18
arrow-up1246arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIn all honesty, I don’t know which of the two languages is older.
minus-squareastraeuslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoHebrew is slightly older than Greek but it was also more isolated than Greek and likely did not have much influence on Greek. As another commenter pointed out, Phoenician is the accepted source for the Greek alphabet.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI guess that answers that.
In all honesty, I don’t know which of the two languages is older.
Hebrew is slightly older than Greek but it was also more isolated than Greek and likely did not have much influence on Greek. As another commenter pointed out, Phoenician is the accepted source for the Greek alphabet.
I guess that answers that.