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Where does “ffl” come from?

ffl (Translingual) comes from Translingual ff, from Translingual f, from Translingual F, from Latin F, from Old English ᚠ, from Etruscan 𐌅, from Ancient Greek ϝ, from Phoenician 𐤅.

Ancestry of “ffl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualff—
2Translingualf—
3TranslingualFfluorine
4LatinF—
5Old Englishᚠ—
6Etruscan𐌅ve
7Ancient Greekϝ{{l|en|digamma}}
8Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
9Egyptian𓏲—
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