a
Portuguese
/a/, /ɐ/, /a/
letter
Etymology
Derived from Latin a derived from Etruscan 𐌀 derived from Ancient Greek Α (alpha) derived from Phoenician 𐤀 (aleph, alef) derived from Egyptian 𓃾.
Origin
Egyptian
𓃾
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- A Latin
- a Latin
- avizō Latin
- acatar Spanish, Castilian
- reír Spanish, Castilian
- A Ancient Greek
- Α Ancient Greek
- ἄλφα Ancient Greek
- abaixo Portuguese
- acatar Portuguese
- acima Portuguese
- alínea Portuguese
- amuar Portuguese
- apesar Portuguese
- baixo Portuguese
- cima Portuguese
- mu Portuguese
- pesar Portuguese
- rir Portuguese
- alínea Galician
- a Faroese
- 𐌰 Gothic
- riir Old Portuguese
- 𓃾 Egyptian
- a Slovak
- hari Papiamentu
- ri Kabuverdianu
- ܐ Classical Syriac
- a Ladin
- ri Guinea-Bissau Creole
- 𐤀 Phoenician
- 𐌀 Etruscan
- a Indo-Portuguese