E

Meanings

Noun

Proper Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, EA, EO, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
  • Image:Runic letter ehwaz.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛖ (e) Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ.
  • Image:Rune-Æsc.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ) Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ.
  • Image:Rune-Ear.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛠ (ea) Old English digraph EA, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ.
  • Image:Runic letter iwaz.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo) Old English digraph EO from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ.
  • Image:Rune-Eðel.png|15px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛟ (œ) Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ.
  • Abbreviation.
  • From Mandarin 鄂.
  • From E ɛ⁵⁵.
  • Unknown.

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