A

The first letter in the English and most other alphabets derived from the Roman or Latin alphabet, which was one of several ancient Italian alphabets derived from the Greek, which was an adaptation of the Phoenician. The first letter in the Phoenician alphabet was called aleph, meaning "ox", which is also the meaning of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, alpha. Alpha and the second letter of the Greek alphabet, beta, were combined to form "alphabet," which is largely the same in different languages

See also A in Latin and law Latin, A in French and law French

anon., An., A.

/anon/ Abbreviations for anonymous