English
R
R comes from Etruscan 𐌓 ‘er’, from Ancient Greek Ρ ‘rho’, and ultimately from Egyptian Egyptian form.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEEgyptian formtransliteratedhieroglyphs Egyptian form, a transliteration
- Phoenicianmodern𐤓r‘reš’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΡR‘rho’
- Etruscanmodern𐌓r‘er’
- EnglishtodayR
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEEgyptian formtransliteratedhieroglyphs Egyptian form, a transliteration
- Phoenicianmodern𐤓r‘reš’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΡR‘rho’
- Etruscanmodern𐌓r‘er’
- EnglishtodayR
Every English word from Egyptian Egyptian form
Today it means
character The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.