History
The rough breathing comes from the left-hand half of the letter H. In some Greek dialects, the letter was used for (Heta), and this usage survives in the Latin letter H. In other dialects, it was used for the vowel (Eta), and this usage survives in the modern system of writing Ancient Greek, and in Modern Greek.
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