Where does “etc.” come from?

etc. (Fala) comes from Spanish etc., 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.

etc. (Fala): etc

Definitions

Ancestry of “etc.”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	etc.	Abbreviation of etcétera
2	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

Every word from Latin et cetera →Every word from Spanish etc. →