O ::
O () O, the
fifteenth letter of the
English alphabet, derives its form,
value, and name from the Greek O,
through the
Latin. The
letter came into the Greek from the
Ph/nician, which
possibly derived it
ultimately from the
Egyptian. Etymologically, the
letter o is most
closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E.
stone, AS. stan; E.
broke, AS.
brecan to
break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune;
number, F.
nombre..
Q ::
Q () the
seventeenth letter of the
English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is
always followed by u, the two
letters together being
sounded like kw,
except in some words in which the u is
silent. See Guide to
Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in
Anglo-Saxon, cw being used
instead of qu; as in cwic,
quick; cwen,
queen. The name (k/) is from the
French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same
letter; its form is from the
Latin, which
derived it,
through a Greek
alphabet, from th