for
example--eg
number-no
exactra--etc
how we get this short terms?
from where we get'g' in example
'o' in number
2007-03-15 23:31:05 · 3 answers · asked by the xeno 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
e.g.
Latin - exemplī grātiā (for example)
no.
Middle English - nombrer
etc.
Latin - Et cetera
2007-03-15 23:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mike E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just conventions that people have stuck to. For your question the e.g. comes from the Latin - exempli gratia which means for example.
2007-03-16 01:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are abbreviations of latin terms. It's not 'exactra', it's 'et cetera' (latin).
'For example' in latin is 'exempli gratia', which abbreviates to 'eg'.
'ie', is an abbreviation of 'id est', meaning 'that is'.
Our use of latin terms has its origins in a time when all scholarly works were written in latin.
2007-03-16 01:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ian I 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋