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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down17
arrow-up1211arrow-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-square47fedilink
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoThen why do Abacuses help us count instead of spell? 🤔
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoCoincidence. The word backtracks to Greek ᾰ̓́βᾰξ / ábax “board, slab”, it doesn’t have to do with ABC.
Then why do Abacuses help us count instead of spell? 🤔
Coincidence. The word backtracks to Greek ᾰ̓́βᾰξ / ábax “board, slab”, it doesn’t have to do with ABC.