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I
I
I,
the
ninth
letter
of
the
English
alphabet
,
takes
its
form
from
the
Phoenician
,
through
the
Latin
and
the
Greek
.
The
Phoenician
letter
was
probably
of
Egyptian
origin
.
Its
original
value
was
nearly
the
same
as
that
of
the
Italian
I, or
long
e as in
mete
.
Etymologically
I is
most
closely
related
to e, y, j, g; as in
dint
,
dent
,
beverage
, L.
bibere
; E.
kin
, AS.
cynn
; E.
thin
, AS. /
ynne
; E.
dominion
,
donjon
,
dungeon
.
I
In
our
old
authors
, I
was
often
used
for
ay (or
aye
),
yes
,
which
is
pronounced
nearly
like
it.
I
As a
numeral
, I
stands
for
1, II
for
2,
etc
.
I
object.
The
nominative
case
of
the
pronoun
of
the
first
person
;
the
word
with
which
a
speaker
or
writer
denotes
himself
.
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