Unicode: Old Italic 𐌎

what is Old Italic scripts

Old Italic scripts are a family of ancient alphabetic writing systems used on the Italian Peninsula (and nearby areas) from roughly 700 BC to 100 BC.

• They were used to write various languages spoken by ancient peoples in pre-Roman Italy.
• The most important and influential member is the Etruscan alphabet.
• The Latin alphabet (which we still use today) evolved directly from an early form of the Etruscan script.

• Old Italic scripts ultimately trace back to the Phoenician alphabet via the Western Greek alphabet (specifically the Euboean/Cumaean variant).
• Greek colonists brought it to Italy in the 8th century BC, particularly to places like Cumae near Naples.
• The Etruscans adapted it, and their version then spread to other peoples across Italy.

[from misc sources online.]