DETAILED NOTES ON S

The shape of Latin S arises from Greek Σ by dropping one out on the 4 strokes of that letter. The (angular) S-shape composed of 3 strokes existed as a variant of the four-stroke letter Σ by now within the epigraphy of Western Greek alphabets, and also the 3 and 4 strokes variants existed alongside one another while in the classical Etruscan alpha