The origin of f is the Semitic letter vƒv (or waw) that represented a sound like /v/ or /w/. Graphically, it originally probably depicted either a hook or a club. It may have been based on a comparable Egyptian hieroglyph, such as that which represented the word mace (transliterated as (dj)). The lower case f is not related to the visually similar long s, The use of the long s largely died out by the beginning of the 19th century, mostly to prevent confusion with f.

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  The origin of f is the Semitic letter vƒv (or waw) that represented a sound like /v/ or /w/. Graphically, it originally probably depicted either a hook or a club. It may have been...

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