cedilla

Etymology
From, c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referred to the letter ⟨Ç⟩, which had evolved from ⟨Ꝣ⟩, a Visigothic form of the letter Z (called a Z with ); hence the name. The lower part of ⟨Ç⟩ (which came to be reinterpreted as a diacritical mark under a C) is the remnant of the original Z, after it gradually reduced in size; whereas the upper part was originally just an ornamentation over the Z (which increased in size until it resembled letter C, and finally came to be identified with this letter).

Noun

 * 1)  In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter  to indicate that it is pronounced  rather than, as in Catalan , French , and Portuguese , and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.

Usage notes
Sometimes retained in words which have been adopted into English, specifically from French, such as /.

Translations

 * Arabic: سِدِيلَا
 * Belarusian: цэды́ллю
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: cedilla
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: subhoko, zoeto, cedilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , bal farok,  ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: straithín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: セディーユ
 * Korean: 세디유
 * Manx: seddag, straihleen
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From ; cognate with modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) name of the letter