Etymology

etc.

Middle English et cetera ← Latin etc.
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  1. Latin · derived frometc.
  2. Middle English · inherited fromet cetera
  3. English todayetc.

From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishet cetera all →

et cetera

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.