Multiple choice general knowledge foreign languages

The word “alphabet” is derived from the first two letters in the Latin alphabet: “alpha” and “beta”.

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta, not the Latin alphabet. The Latin alphabet itself is derived from the Greek and Etruscan alphabets.

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