[-] headword@lingo.lol 4 points 3 weeks ago

@davel @FunkyStuff The letter ç has an interesting history. It is a variant of the letter z, not the letter c. The letter z in the Visigothic script had very curly ends: ꝣ.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigothic/_script

Some (Portugguese) place names are also written with ç or z in different languages: Açores / Azores, Moçambique / Mozambique

An illustration of a visigothic z (ꝣ) in comparison with a modern c-cedille (ç)

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