Ditto, which at first glance seems a handy and insignificant sort of word, actually has a Roman past, for it comes from dictus, “having been said,” the past participle of the verb dcere, “to say.”
In Italian dcere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or ditto meant what said does in English, as in the locution “the said story.” Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean “the same as what has been said” for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December.
The first recorded use of ditto in English occurs in such a construction in 1625. The sense “copy” is an English development, first recorded in 1818.
Ditto is a trademark for a duplicating machine.
2006-11-17 03:59:01
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answered by Traviesa 1
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All these Cut & Paste responces get on my nerves. >.<
There is more then one word it could have worked from in "The Dead Language" of Latin. As words in Latin and Greek go,.. they tend to make some Gods, Goddess, and Hero with a name that isn't exactly a word yet but BECOMES a word. Also people's names.. Like August is named after Augustus Caesar and July after Julius Caesar. And like wise Echo was a name of a "God" before it was a word,... it is the curse they were under that connected their name to the event of an Echo (under the curse they could not speak on their own, they were only allowed to repeat everything they heard,... this was a punishment for repeating something that was untrue or atleast disliked). I know there was a figure I can not spell their name that's name started out like to the sound Ditto,.. that I think repeated actions of other generals, leaders, rulers,.. but that might just be coinsidence.
So it's probably a blend of the people and similar words.
2006-11-17 04:32:53
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answered by sailortinkitty 6
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A cheap copying machine used in the mid 1900s was called a "ditto copier". The machine used wax impregnated with ink on a master that produced colored (usually purple) images on paper. For much of the 20th Century worksheets, tests, and other copies used in school were made mostly by the ditto process. It was generalized to mean "copy" in general and further generalized to mean "again".
2006-11-17 04:01:25
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answered by dmb 5
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used in the movie GHOST, they use it in the terms of ME TOO"
Example: Girl: I Love You
Boy: Ditto
2006-11-17 04:04:06
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answered by !*FeDuP*! 2
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Yes.
2016-12-11 13:30:28
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answered by Anonymous
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i think that word means "same as me"
2014-01-10 20:43:45
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answered by Barak 1
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dito : to enrich, make wealthy.
dito : to enrich, endow, make wealthy.
Latin dictionary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditto_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
2006-11-17 03:59:44
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answered by toietmoi 6
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