Where does “etcétera” come from?
etcétera (Spanish) comes 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.
etcétera (Spanish): et cetera, and so on; long list
Definitions
- et cetera, and so on; long list
Ancestry of “etcétera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |