Aitch
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aitch¹
- /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -eɪtʃ
Where it comes from
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.
noun aitches · haitch · ache
- The name of the Latin script letter H/h. The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
Aitch²
proper noun
- A surname.
noun Aitches
- Alternative letter-case form of aitch.aitch
