Where does “etsetera” come from?

etsetera (Tagalog) comes from English et cetera, 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.

etsetera (Tagalog): et cetera; and so on; and so forth

Definitions

  1. et cetera; and so on; and so forth

Ancestry of “etsetera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishet ceteraSomething in addition, which can easily be...
2Middle Englishet ceteraet cetera
3Latinet 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 Middle English et ceteraEvery word from English et cetera