e

e · character, numeral, noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromē
2. English todaye

The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

e · pronoun²

From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she.

e · noun³

From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.

E · character, numeral⁴

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters: * Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e). * Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ). * Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea). * Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo). * Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

E · symbol, noun, proper noun⁵

Abbreviation.

E · proper noun⁶

1. Mandarin · borrowed from鄂
2. English todayE

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂 (È).

E · proper noun⁷

1. E · derived fromɛ⁵⁵
2. Mandarin · borrowed from誒 /诶
3. English todayE

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 誒 /诶 (ê̄), from E ɛ⁵⁵.

E · proper noun⁸

Unknown.

Words from the same roots