ζῆτα

See also: ζήτα

Ancient Greek

previous letter ἒ ψιλόν		following letter ἦτα
Ζ ζ – English: zeta

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤆 (z‬ /⁠zayin⁠/), with influence from ἦτα (êta) and θῆτα (thêta).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze̝.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ta/

Noun

ζῆτᾰ • (zêtă) n (indeclinable)

zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

Greek: ζήτα (zíta)
→ Latin: zēta
- → Catalan: zeta (learned)
- → English: zeta (learned)
- → French: zêta (learned)
  - → Romanian: zeta
- Old French: zede
  - Middle English: zed, zedde, zede
    - English: zed
      - → Greek: ζεντ (zent)
      - → Hindi: ज़ेड (zeḍ)
      - → Japanese: ゼット (zetto), ゼッド (zeddo)
      - → Korean: 제드 (jedeu)
      - → Malay: zed
      - → Marathi: जेड (jeḍ)
      - → Russian: зэд (zɛd)
      - → Thai: แซด (sɛ̂t)
      - → Welsh: sèd
  - French: zède
- → Galician: zeta (learned)
- → Icelandic: zeta (learned)
- → Spanish: zeta (learned)
- → Swedish: zäta (learned)

References

“ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ζῆτα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ζῆτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette