Latin Letters and English Words (Litterae Latinae)
The English alphabet comes from the Latin alphabet, though later writing added letters and habits such as J and the separate vowel U. Older Roman inscriptions often used V for both vowel and consonant sounds.
Grades 3–8. Places and stories.
How it connects
Students can see continuity between ordinary English letters and the older Latin lettering still carved on monuments.
Latin words that go with this card: littera, verbum, liber.