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- Question mark - Wikipedia
One popular theory posits that the shape of the symbol is inspired by the crook in a cat's tail, often attributed to the ancient Egyptians [2] However, Egyption hieroglyphics did not utilize punctuation marks [3]
- A Short History of the Question Mark - The Literary Salon
Some suggest it’s an ancient Egyptian symbol that emulates the formation of a cat’s tail when it’s inquisitive The Egyptian’s loved and honored their cats Others suggest the mark emanates from the Latin word quaestio which means question
- Who invented the question mark? - Grammarphobia
The modern question mark, a grammatical device indicating the end of an interrogative sentence, evolved over hundreds of years from the Carolingian punctuation mark, which originated, as we’ve said, as a rhetorical device in liturgical writing to signal a rising vocal inflection and pause
- The history origin of the question mark - Where did it come from?
The modern form of the question mark (?) emerged much later, likely during the Middle Ages in Europe One of the oldest surviving books that may contain the modern question mark is “The Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius, written around the early 6th century CE
- The riddle of the Syriac double dot: it’s the world’s . . .
The symbol in question is two dots, one above the other, similar in appearance to a colon, rather than the familiar squiggle of the modern question mark The double dot symbol appears in Syriac manuscripts of the Bible dating back to the fifth century
- From the punctus interrogativus to the printers of the 16th . . .
The origin of the question mark, the punctuation mark that marks a question, dates back to the Carolingian era Over the centuries, this glyph has retained its original meaning and has become one of the essential elements of modern punctuation
- Historically Irrelevant — The History of the Question Mark
The story goes that the question mark actually originated from the Latin word qvaestio, meaning question This word was reportedly abbreviated in the Middle Ages by scholars as just qo Eventually, a capital “Q” was written over the “o”, and it formed one letter
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