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Where does “F” come from?

F (Latin) comes from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician 𐤅, from Egyptian 𓏲.

Ancestry of “F”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishᚠ—
2Etruscan𐌅ve
3Ancient Greekϝ{{l|en|digamma}}
4Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
5Egyptian𓏲—
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