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>"&c" is the archaic form of "etc", the ampersand being a ligature of "et" - Latin for "and". "etc" is an abbreviation for and contraction of "et cetera", Lati
by Accujack 5y ago
>"&c" is the archaic form of "etc", the ampersand being a ligature of "et" - Latin for "and".
"etc" is an abbreviation for and contraction of "et cetera", Latin for "and so on". "&c" is, I think, an artifact of a particular time in history when writing skills were spreading rapidly but the process of writing itself was cumbersome and time consuming, necessitating macro-type abbreviations like that. It's not particularly archaic.
- musicale 5y ago> the ampersand being a ligature of "et" I have been noticing recently that certain ampersands contain (to me) very clearly readable "et" abbreviations, while others are more stylized.
- noduerme 5y ago>> a particular time in history when writing skills were spreading rapidly but the process of writing itself was cumbersome I feel like I'm previewing the 22nd Century's review of "LOL", "WTF" and "THOT".
- Pigalowda 5y agoIt is Latin shorthand created by Cicero’s educated slave, Tiro. The system was created to record senate meetings and conversations for Cicero to go over later. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes