&c.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "c" and &c

English

Alternative forms

• &c

Etymology

A use of the ligature & to stand for the et in etc. Compare & cetera.

Phrase

&c.

1. (archaic) Alternative form of etc.: …and so on, …and other things.
   • 1612, George Wither, Epithalamia, Or Nuptiall Poems Upon the Most Blessed and Happie Mariage Betweene the High and Mightie Prince Frederick the Fifth, Count Palatine of the Rhein, &c., and Princesse Elizabeth, Sole Daughter to Iames, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland:
   • 1739, W. (William) Webster, Remarks on The Divine Legation of Moses, &c. in Several Letters - If I had not done amongst them the Works that no other Man did, they had not had Sin, &c. John 15:24
   • 1854, George Boole, “Signs and their Laws”, in An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities‎^[1], London: Walton and Maberly, page 37:

     Let us conceive, then, of an Algebra in which the symbols x, y, z, &c. admit indifferently of the values 0 and 1, and of these values alone.

   • 1902, William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber - Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
   • 1977, K. P. Punnoose, Bookdealers in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka &c.

French

Etymology

Formed by replacing the Latin et (“and”) with &.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛt se.te.ʁa/

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Adverb

&c.

1. Archaic form of etc.

German

Alternative forms

• etc., ⁊c., ꝛc.

Etymology

Formed by replacing the Latin et (“and”) with &.

Adverb

&c.

1. Archaic form of etc.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt ˈt͡sɛ.tɛ.ra/, /ˈɛt t͡sɛˈtɛ.ra/

Phrase

&c.

1. Obsolete form of etc.

Portuguese

Etymology

Formed by replacing the Latin et (“and”) with &.

Adverb

&c.

1. Archaic form of etc.

Spanish

Etymology

Formed by replacing the Latin et (“and”) with &.

Adverb

&c.

1. Obsolete form of etc.

Swedish

Etymology

A use of the ligature & to stand for the et in etc..

Adverb

&c.

1. Obsolete form of etc.
   • 1846 August 7, “Ett slutord i ſtriden om Prins Carls Inſtitut. [A concluding remark in the dispute concerning Prince Carl's Institution.]”, in Stockholms Dagblad, page 1:

     Först och främſt kallar han ſig ſjelf: N. N.; detta är något kuriöſt, ty denna abbreviation betyder i det wanliga ſkriftſpråket om perſoner: nomen eller nomina neſcio eller neſcimus, och kan ſåledes blott nyttjas af en ſcribent om en annan, t. ex. i formulärer, på utanſkrifter af bref &c., men icke om ſigſielf; […]

     First and foremost, he calls himself: N. N.; this is somewhat curious, for this abbreviation in the common written language signifies in regard to persons: nomen or nomina nescio or nescimus, and can therefore only be used by a writer about another, e.g., in forms, on the outside of letters, &c., but not about oneself; […]