F's the sixth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English 's spelled ef or eff. The letter F dates back to origins in preroman times where the aristocrats used it to simbolize their authority on their robes. It also had origins in anchient Chinese culture with the character representing fish. History Proto-Semitic W Phoenician W Etruscan W Greek Digamma (W) Roman F The origin of F's the Semitic letter vâv that represented the sound /v/, and originally probably repres… (More on F)