aitch

Meanings

1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

1. A surname.

1. Alternative letter-case form of aitch.

Etymology

From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi.