u

Pronunciation: /ˈjuː/

The English word “u” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The name of the Latin script letter U/u.
A thing in the shape of the letter U.

Etymology

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, ur), derived from Raetic letter u. Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern…

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