F

The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, F developed from the digraph FH that stood for /f/.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

The Etruscans were the inventors of this digraph; F on its own stood for /w/ in Etruscan as in Greek (where the letter F – called Digamma in Greek – has disappeared due to the fact that the /w/ phoneme itself disappeared.) The origin of F is the Semitic letter wâw that also represented /w/ and originally probably represented a hook or a club.

F is also:

• The chemical symbol for fluorine.
• A symbol for farad, the SI derived unit for electric capacitance.
• A musical note
• The stock symbol for Ford Motor Company
• F is often used to denote fail.