Where does “ampersat” come from?
ampersat (English) comes from English ampersand, from Latin per se, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ampersat (English): The at sign
Definitions
- The at sign
Ancestry of “ampersat”, step by step
ampersat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ampersand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ampersand | The symbol "&"; To add an ampersand to |
| 2 | Latin | per se | by itself |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English AT
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AT | Initialism of assistive technology; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Middle English | at | at; to |
| 3 | Old English | æt | eating; at a certain place; at a certain time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | āt | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |