@NOVApbs uncovers some surprises about the #Alphabet | #Alphabetic #Alphabetical #Alphabetically #Alphabetize #Alphabetization #Alphanumeric | @Jorgie915

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'That word' (below-hyperlinked to NOVA's report on the Alphabet's history) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Alphabet” (Letters of a Language, and the Standard Order in which they are Arranged) is built on ancient words that mean |Alpha + |Beta (the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet, though they've taken on other meanings due to that arrangement (the First & the Following-|After) ... 'Alphabet' also supported by words that mean |Row- or |Array of |Letters, Lore- or Learning acquired through Reading (see |ABCs)).
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a bit I remember from the above-linked special:
  • "A" & "a" are rotations of 'the picture of a cattle-head'
  • "B" & "b" are modified drawings of houses
  • "M" & 'm' are taken from drawings of Water.
  • "N" & 'n' are from symbols for Snake
    • ... and maybe they also say stuff about the etymology of all the other letters (like this chart I found on Pinterest)
  • C, c
  • D, d
  • E, e
  • F, f
  • G, g
  • H, h
  • I, i
  • J, j
  • K, k
  • L, l
  • O, o
  • P, p
  • Q, q
  • R, r
  • S, s
  • T, t
  • U, u
  • V, v
  • W, w
  • X, x
  • Y, y
  • Z, z

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