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alpha (n.)

c. 1300

-≥ Latin 

alpha

-≥ Greek

 alpha

-≥ Hebrew

 or

 Phoenician

 aleph (n.)

≤- Hebrew and Phoenician first letter

ancestor

 A, c. 1300

-> Semitic languages

 eleph

 "ox"

 

 Created -≥ -> hieroglyph of an ox's head 


 "beginning" of anything 

 -≥ late 14c.

astronomy

 brightest star of constellation

  Greek letters naming stars

 Bayer's atlas

 -≥ 1603


 Alpha male

-≥  c. 1960

scientists researching

 dominant animals


humans in society

 -≥ c. 1992.


   omega 

( last letter in the Greek alphabet, "the end")

omega (n.)

final letter of the Greek alphabet

, c. 1400

-> Medieval Greek

 omega

-≥ classical Greek 

o mega "big 'o' "

 contrast to o micron "little 'o' "

  ancient Greek

 -> o + megas 

  • "big

    • great

      • high

        • important

          • large

            • mighty

          • tall

            • vast" 

-> PIE root 

*meg- "great"). 


  "the last, the final"

  ( Revelation i.8) 

 -> 1520s

https://www.etymonline.com/word/alpha