DIGAMMA, noun [Gr., double gamma.] The name of F, most absurdly given to that letter, when first invented or used by the Eolians, on account of its figure. A letter should be named from its sound, and not from its shape. The letter is ef.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.