Where does “et cetera” come from?

et cetera (English) comes from Middle English et cetera, 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 (English): Something in addition, which can easily be...

Definitions

  1. Something in addition, which can easily be...

Ancestry of “et cetera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishet ceteraet cetera
2Latinet ceteraet 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

Words derived from “et cetera”

Every word from Latin et cetera →Every word from Middle English et cetera →