Where does “ç” come from?

ç (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese Ꝣ — Visigothic z.

ç (Portuguese): "c cedilha" (the letter c with a cedilla)

Definitions

  1. "c cedilha" (the letter c with a cedilla)

Ancestry of “ç”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseVisigothic z
Every word from Old Portuguese
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