Where does the word alphabet come from?
The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha and beta. It was first used, in its Latin form, alphabetum, by Tertullian during the 2nd–3rd century CE and by St. Jerome.
Pretty much. English borrowed it from Latin because it’s posh. And Latin borrowed it from Greek because it’s posh. But at the end of the day it’s in the same spirit as “the ABC”, or Latin “abecedarius”.
It’s also “ABC” (“ábécé”) in Hungarian. (And I bet in a lot of other languages too.)
Works in German too
I just copy pasted your question into Duckduckgo search and this is the 1st hit:
https://www.britannica.com/question/Where-does-the-word-alphabet-come-from
tl;dr yes
A lot of questions can be written into internet search engines, also in shorter form with just a few key words and you will get an answer or explanation.
