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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|la|alpha]], from [[grc|ἄλφα|tr=álpha]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from a Phoenician word akin to [[he|אָלֶף|tr=ʾālep̄|t=ox]], the name of the first letter (see [[aleph]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The Greeks added -a because Greek words cannot end in most consonants.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|la|alpha]], from [[grc|ἄλφα|tr=álpha]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from a Phoenician word akin to [[hbo|אָלֶף|tr=ʾālep̄|t=ox]], the name of the first letter (see [[aleph]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The Greeks added -a because Greek words cannot end in most consonants.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==