Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗character
The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
noun
The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
num
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ay and written in the Latin script.
The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).
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