Greek Alphabet Letter C. Alpha symbol is used to denote many things including absorption factor, area, angles and coefficients. Greek has been spoken in the balkan peninsula since around the 3rd millennium bc, or possibly earlier.
C, third letter of the alphabet, corresponding to semitic gimel (which probably derived from an early sign for camel) and greek gamma (γ). The greek alphabet was developed about 1000 bce, based on the phoenician's north semitic alphabet. Of these three greek letters, two are exactly what they appear to be:
