alphabetic
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Etymology edit
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus.[1] By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
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Adjective edit
alphabetic
- Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
- Synonym: alphabetical
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alphabetical — see alphabetical
References edit
- ^ “alphabetic, adj.”, in OED Online [1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-12.