The Latin word is “abecedarium”. I don’t know why English adopted the Greek word.
QubaXR@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fun fact - in Polish language the word alfabet exists as a technical name of the alphabet. There is also a more casual word, often used by children: abecadło which is basically polish way of saying “The ABCs”.
voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I mean, English isn’t a Romance language
voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
True, but it does have a lot of Latinate words.
teft@startrek.website 4 months ago
Spanish is similar. For spanish the word is abecedario.
voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
English has “abecedarian”, which can mean “alphabetical”, “rudimentary”, “elementary”, “novice” or “beginner”.
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
We also have alfabeto though.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Finnish word is aakkoset. Well, it has the a. It sounds like a pet name or slang for something, but as far as I know it’s just nonsense.