C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled cee or occasionally ce (pronounced /siː/).

C comes from the same letter as G or g. The Semites named it gimel. The sign is possibly adapted from an Egyptian hieroglyph for a staff sling, which may have been the meaning of the name gimel. Another possibility is that it depicted a camel, the Semitic name for which was gamal.

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