Aitch
//ˈeɪt͡ʃ// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
"The word hour is written with a silent aitch."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of aitch. alt-of
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"The word hour is written with a silent aitch."
Etymology
From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi.
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