Et cetera (in English contexts pronounced /ɛt ˈsɛtərə/) is a Latin expression that means "and other things," or "and so forth." It is taken directly from the Latin expression which literally means "and the rest (of such things)" and is a loan-translation of the Greek "και έτερα" (kai hetera; and the others). Et means "and;" cētera means "the rest."
The one-word spelling "etcetera" is commonly used, and is accepted as correct by many dictionaries....
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Et cetera (in English contexts pronounced /ɛt ˈsɛtərə/) is a Latin expression that means "and other things," or "and so forth." It is taken directly from the Latin expression which literally means "and the rest (of such things)" and is a loan-translation of the Greek "και έτερα" (kai hetera; and the others). Et means "and;" cētera means "the rest."
The one-word spelling "etcetera" is commonly used, and is accepted as correct by many dictionaries. It is also sometimes spelled et caetera or et cætera, and is often abbreviated to etc.. Archaic abbreviations, most commonly used in legislation, notations for mathematics or qualifications, include &/c., &c.;, &e.;, and &ca..; Note that the ampersand is a ligature of 'et'.
The phrase et cetera is often used to delete the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example, in the following expression...
... the 'etc.' stands for 'and other types of bread.' It is an error to say or write "and etc." in which the word "and"...
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