Where does “ampèrsand” come from?
ampèrsand (Norman) 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.
ampèrsand (Norman): ampersand
Ancestry of “ampèrsand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |