c is the third letter of the english alphabet. it is from the latin letter c, which in old latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. in anglo-saxon words, or old english before the norman conquest, it always has the sound of k. the latin c was the same letter as the greek /, /, and came from the greek alphabet. the greeks got it from the ph/nicians. the english name of c is from the latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the french. etymologically c is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). examples of these relations are in l. acutus, e. acute, ague; e. acrid, eager, vinegar; l. cornu, e. horn; e. cat, kitten; e. coy, quiet; l. circare, of. cerchier, e. search.-the keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same.-c after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /.-the "c clef," a modification of the letter c, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle c.-as a numeral, c stands for latin centum or 100, cc for 200, etc.