Acronym

===Early examples in English===
The use of Latin and Neo-Latin terms in [[vernacular]]s has been pan-European and pre-dates modern English. Some examples of acronyms in this class are:

*''[[12-hour clock|A.M.]]'' (from Latin {{lang|la|ante meridiem}}, 'before noon') and ''[[12-hour clock|P.M.]]'' (from Latin {{lang|la|post meridiem}}, 'after noon')
*''A.D.'' (from Latin {{lang|la|[[Anno Domini]]}}, 'in the year of our Lord'), whose complement in English, ''B.C.'' ([[Before Christ]]), is English-sourced

The earliest example of a word derived from an acronym listed by the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]'' is "abjud" (now "[[abjad]]"), formed from the original first four letters of the [[Arabic alphabet]] in the late eighteenth century.<ref>{{citation |contribution=abjad, ''n.'' |contribution-url= http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/271930 |title=Oxford English Dictionary}}.</ref> Some [[acrostics]] pre-date this, however, such as the [[English Restoration|Restoration]] witticism arranging the names of some members of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]'s Committee for Foreign Affairs to produce the [[Cabal ministry|"CABAL" ministry]].<ref>{{citation |contribution=cabal, ''n.'' |contribution-url= http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/25693 |title=Oxford English Dictionary}}.</ref>

''[[Okay|OK]]'', a term of disputed origin, dates back at least to the early nineteenth century and is now used around the world.
Description	What you type	What you get
Italic	''Italic text''	Italic text
Bold	'''Bold text'''	Bold text
Bold & italic	'''''Bold & italic text'''''	*Bold & italic text*
Description	What you type	What you get
Reference	Page text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>	Page text.^[1]
Named reference	Page text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>	Page text.^[2]
Additional use of the same reference	Page text.<ref name="test" />	Page text.^[2]
Display references	<references />	↑ Link text, additional text. ↑ Link text