section_path: As used by various languages/Ligatures
section_name: Ligatures
paragraph_text: Ligatures
  
  A ligature is a fusion of two or more ordinary letters into a new glyph or character. Examples are ⟨ Æ æ ⟩ (from ⟨ AE ⟩, called "ash"), ⟨ Œ œ ⟩ (from ⟨ OE ⟩, sometimes called "oethel"), the abbreviation ⟨ & ⟩ (from Latin: et, lit. ' and ', called "ampersand"), and ⟨ ẞ ß ⟩ (from ⟨ ſʒ ⟩ or ⟨ ſs ⟩, the archaic medial form of ⟨ s ⟩, followed by an ⟨ ʒ ⟩ or ⟨ s ⟩, called "sharp S" or "eszett").