PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoIs the word Alphabet literally just a conjunction made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down18
arrow-up1244arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarevoidMainVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoThe Latin word is “abecedarium”. I don’t know why English adopted the Greek word.
minus-squarevoidMainVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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.