Editing Caron (section)

== Origin ==
The caron evolved from the [[dot (diacritic)|dot above]] diacritic, which [[Jan Hus]] introduced into [[Czech orthography]] (along with the [[acute accent]]) in his ''[[Orthographia bohemica|De Orthographia Bohemica]]'' (1412). The original form still exists in [[Polish language|Polish]] ''[[ż]]''. However, Hus's work was hardly known at that time, and ''háček'' became widespread only in the 16th century with the introduction of printing.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baddeley|first1=Susan|last2=Voeste|first2=Anja|title=Orthographies in Early Modern Europe|date=2012|publisher=De Gruyter Mouton|location=Berlin|isbn=9783110288179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7U0PvCMl-5gC|pages=258–261}}</ref>