Talk:P
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Hm. Given that uppercase P looks virtually identical to uppercase Rho, one wonders -- what is the true origin of the glyph? Hebrew ף looks very similiar to an mirrored P...
This coincidence is also noted in the Я article. -Zhen Lin 17:55, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
The Roman letter P used to look much like the Hebrew ף and R looked like Rho (P). As P took its present form a stroke was added to 'rho' to distinguish it from P. You can see the older forms at Latin alphabet.