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ELI5:Why w is double-u instead of double-v?
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In Latin V and U were the same letter. Since the English alphabet is based on the Latin one VV and UU are the same thing. When English got around to combining Latin and German they'd use VV (two Vs) to write the German /w/ sound because in Latin V is almost pronounced the same a /w/; ie. "veni, vidi, vici" is pronounced "weni, widi, wiki."