Where does “etc.” come from?

etc. (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian etcetera, 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. (Hungarian): etc

Definitions

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Ancestry of “etc.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianetcetera
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
Every word from Latin et ceteraEvery word from Hungarian etcetera
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