2007-10-12 05:46:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's called an ampersand. The origin of the word is that it was stuck on the end of the alphabet, and after you got to 'z' you said, 'and "per se" and.' 'Per se' is Latin for 'on its own.'
OK? Now you can tell me why OK means 'all right!'
2007-10-12 05:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ampersand
2007-10-12 13:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by ginoguarino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name is ampersand,
The shape of it was derived from putting a lower case 'e' and 't' next to each other (it doesn't quite look much like 'et' but the shape of it is based on that),
of course 'et' means 'and' in French so that is why we use the ampersand for 'and'.
2007-10-12 23:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Stupot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called AMPERSAND. It used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet, and children were said to know their alphabet from A to Ampersand.
2007-10-12 12:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rolf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ampersand, lol! ;-0
2007-10-12 16:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex is right. It is the AMPERSAND.
Here is a link regarding the history of the symbol:
2007-10-12 12:57:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ampersand
Origin : Alteration of "and per se and"
2007-10-12 13:01:09 · answer #7 · answered by Sound brain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ampersand
2007-10-12 12:50:59 · answer #8 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ampersand
2007-10-12 12:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
And
2007-10-12 15:10:53 · answer #10 · answered by Billy D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋