Etymology

ampersat

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Today it means: The at sign (@). Full definition →

English at ← Middle English at ← Old English æt
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The story

  1. Englishampersand
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  3. Proto-Germanic*at
  4. Old Englishæt
  5. Middle Englishat
  6. Englishat
  7. English todayampersat

Blend of ampersand + at.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.