What is the origin of the word "alphabet"?

From early childhood we begin to study the alphabet. The alphabet helps us to designate certain phoneme signs (sounds). One sign can serve as a designation for one or more phonemes. Thus, we read the sounds on the wanderers of books and notebooks.

So, the alphabet is a form of writing thatbased on a certain set of signs. Simply put, the alphabet is a collection of letters of a language. Having dealt with what an alphabet is, let's find out what the origin of the word "alphabet" is. There was the word "alphabet" from the Greek ἀλφάβητος, which is formed by combining the first letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha and betta). In the 9th century, on the basis of the Greek alphabet, a Slavic letter appears, and the notion of "alphabet" also enters into use. The word "alphabet" consists of the names of the first letters of the Slavonic alphabet (A (as) + B (beech)). Consequently, the words "alphabet" and "alphabet" are synonymous. By age, the alphabet is much older than the alphabet and is widely used in most languages ​​of the world, while the alphabet is more a local concept and is characteristic of the Slavs.