The Latin alphabet does not contain J, U, and W. C originally meant G. C began to replace K except before A in several words. There was no distinction between the written G and K, which was later remedied by taking (from C) the newly improved G. G took the former place of Z, which had fallen out of use. Y was just a form of V and V originally denoted the vowel sound from U, whereas F stood for the sound of our consonant W. When F became F, V was used for W. I and V were simultaneously vowels and consonants.
Figuring out anything else is just as confusing...
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2 comments:
Thank goodness they don't still speak Latin in Italy!
So does that mean Jessie and I have no initials? 143
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