Spanish retained it, nevertheless, in a few precise conditions, especially to indicate the palatal nasal, the seem that is now spelt as ?ñ?. The term tilde arises from Spanish, derived by metathesis of your word título as tidlo, this initially from Latin TITVLVS "title" or "heading"; Look at cabildo with Latin CAPITULUM.[3] Ää C?c? Ëë ?? Ï?