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Its original sound value was that of a consonant, probably, the sound represented by the cognate Arabic letter ع ʿayn.

ʿeyn, meaning "eye", and indeed its shape originates simply as a drawing of a human eye (possibly inspired by the corresponding Egyptian hieroglyph, cf. Its graphic form has remained fairly constant from Phoenician times until today. History Late Renaissance or early Baroque design of an O, from 1627

Its name in English is o (pronounced / ˈ oʊ/), plural oes. O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.