Where does “et cetera” come from?
et cetera (Dutch) comes from Latin et cetera — et cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar or already-known fashion.
et cetera (Dutch): and so forth, et cetera
Definitions
- and so forth, et cetera
Ancestry of “et cetera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | et cetera | et cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar or already-known fashion |