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O () O, the
fifteenth letter of the
English alphabet, derives its form,
value, and name from the Greek O,
through the
Latin. The
letter came into the Greek from the
Ph/nician, which
possibly derived it
ultimately from the
Egyptian. Etymologically, the
letter o is most
closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E.
stone, AS. stan; E.
broke, AS.
brecan to
break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune;
number, F.
nombre..