Definition, synonyms and related words
A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.