It developed before 600 BC from the Etruscan alphabet (in turn derived from the North Semitic alphabet by way of the Phoenician and Greek alphabets).

• 拉丁字母约于西元前600年前从伊楚利亚字母发展出来，渊源可从伊楚利亚字母、希腊字母和腓尼基字母溯至北闪米特字母。