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Historically, ñ arose as a ligature of nn ; the tilde was shorthand for the second n , written over the first; [2] compare umlaut, of analogous origin. It is a letter in the Spanish alphabet that is used for many words—for example, the Spanish word año "year" ( anno in Old Spanish ) derived from Latin : annus .
The tilde (/ ˈ t ɪ l d ə /, also / ˈ t ɪ l d,-d i,-d eɪ /) [1] is a grapheme ˜ or ~ with a number of uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish tilde, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning 'title' or 'superscription'. [2]