Where Does the Word Cedilla Come from?
The Tail Originated in Spain as the Bottom Half of a Miniature Cursive Z. the Word "Cedilla" Is the Diminutive of the Old Spanish Name for This Letter, Ceda...
The tail originated in Spain as the bottom half of a miniature cursive z. The word "cedilla" is the diminutive of the Old Spanish name for this letter, ceda (zeta).
What does the French word cedilla mean?
: the diacritical mark ¸ placed under a letter (such as ç in French) to indicate an alteration or modification of its usual phonetic value (as in the French word façade)
Does Spanish use cedilla?
Spanish has not used the symbol since an orthographic reform in the 18th century (which replaced ç with the now-devoiced z), but it was adopted for writing other languages. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, /ç/ represents the voiceless palatal fricative.
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