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iota

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4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /aɪˈəʊtə/Part of speech nounSorted aiotStarts with IEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). Doublet of jot and yodh.

Used in a sentence

  • As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
  • There are twelve iotas on that page.
  • Human ill-nature needs but some Homoiousian iota, or even the pretence of one; and will flow copiously through the eye of a needle: thus always must mortals go jargoning and fuming […].

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