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

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛ̂ː.ta/ → /ˈzi.ta/ → /ˈzi.ta/

• (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)

1. zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ (Z), ζ (z) 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