# wau

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #84,899

## Definitions
1. Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

## Etymology
From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of vav and waw.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wau