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I learned that the reason a logical "or" symbol in mathematics is a v is because Latin has separate words for inclusive-or (vel) and exclusive-or (aut), unlike English where it is usually ambiguous. And vel starts with v.
GOOD fact
Finnish works this way too, coincidentally with 'v': vai is exclusive, and tai is inclusive.
Ooh that's really cool, I thought it just originated from set theory symbols
Why is the 'and' symbol an upside down v then? Just because?