The 23rd letter of the English subset of the Latin alphabet, derived from the Etruscan alphabet—being traced back to Etruscan, Greek, and Phoenician; With approximately 52 letters, 29 more letters then our English phonetic-adapted alphabet. It's English phonetic pronunciation is various; capable of making the following (denoted) sounds: /v/ /w/ The letter in of itself's origin can be traced back to the Norman Conquest of England (1066 on the Gregorian Calendar), derived from the letter V. (Note the similarity as much as the irony—double-u, W, V.)