Notation: Why Ω for the based loop functor?

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This is just a question about notation - probably useless, but it's always baffled me:

Why was $\Omega$ chosen to denote the based loop functor? (e.g. for a pointed topological space $X$, $\Omega X$ is the space of based loops on $X$.)

I once heard someone speculate: "It's because $\Omega$ looks like... a loop? "

If true, clever choice! Can anyone verify and/or know more?