2007-09-19 18:16:31 · 5 answers · asked by kingshabing420 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Et cetera is a Latin expression that means "and other things", or "and so on". It is taken directly from the Latin expression which literally means "and the rest (of such things)." Et means "and"; cetera (plural of ceterum/caeterum) means "the rest."
It is also sometimes spelled et caetera or et cætera, and is often abbreviated to etc. Archaic abbreviations, most commonly used in legislation, notations for mathematics or qualifications, include &/c., &c., and &ca..
2007-09-19 18:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Mhei 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
&c is another way of expressing ETC=et cetera, which means "and so on and so on, from the Latin et meaning AND plus CETERA meaning others
2007-09-20 01:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An informal way of writing "etc" which is Latin for "et cetera" or "and all the rest."
2007-09-20 01:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The others are correct - the & started out as a big Greek E with a small t, and typographers have stylised it gradually into &.
2007-09-20 07:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by derfini 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
etcetera
2007-09-20 01:24:17 · answer #5 · answered by red 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋