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More importantly as not discussed, the '&' character also derives also from the french word 'et' which refers to 'and' in English. Something we can call a Norma

More importantly as not discussed, the '&' character also derives also from the french word 'et' which refers to 'and' in English. Something we can call a Norman influence.

grzm 7y ago
The ampersand goes back farther than that. It comes from the Latin et (unsurprisingly also meaning and) and dates to the first century AD.
- NikkiA 7y ago
  Hence why you sometimes see 'et al' rendered as '& al' (although it doesn't look right at all with the crappy ampersand in the font firefox is using here)
  - aap_ 7y ago
    &c. is my favourite :)