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by cronjobber 3268 days ago
Sure, G wasn't "originally" part of the Latin alphabet—until they invented that letter.
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What do you think makes G different from J and U in that regard?
Timing. Where do you think G slots in the timeline, relative to the Latin classics?
G dates to the classical period. But, as I pointed out above, it's still intrusive enough then that Caesar's praenomen, Gaius, is written C, not G. The name is older than the letter, but younger than Latin writing.