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English word origin

Etymology of R

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
character

The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

num

The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”). · Symbol for radius. · Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location. · Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.

name

Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah. · A programming language for statistics and data visualization.

adj

Abbreviation of restricted. · Abbreviation of reverse. · Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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Source etymology 3

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pron

Eye dialect spelling of I.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See I.

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