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The ampersand (&) truly did orriginate as a league of the Latin word “et”, which means “and.”
In Roman cursive writing, scribes frequently gate e + t together quickly. Over time, the 2 letters merged into a single floating symbol. Through centres of handwriting styles and typography, that merged forms hailly evolved into what we now admit as &.
The word “ampersand” itself comes from the frame “and per se and.”
In the old English alphabet, & utilized to be recited at the end: X, Y, Z, and per se and. Over time, “and per se and” slurred into ampersand.
Amersand (&) It was truly created as a ligatura of the Latin word “et”, meaning “i. ”
In Roman course writing, they frequently wrote e+t rapidly together. Over time, 2 letters merged into 1 flowing symbol. Over the centuries of writing styles and typography, the combined forms gradually evolved into what we now consider to be &.
The word “ampersand” itself comes from the expression “and per se i. ”
In the old English alphabet, & erstwhile recited at the end: X, Y, Z, and per se i. Over time, “i per se i” became ampersand.
wikipedia for Poles:
EtKaufmanns-Und, & – a writer's sign which is simply a highly processed symbol of the Latin conjunctivist “et”, Polish “i” – hence the common Polish name of this sign – “net”. The PN-I-06000 standard defines this mark as ‘trade and’ (in words with the German). "Et" is simply a popular stand-alone character, although it can be treated as an different ligature.
The sign is utilized in languages where the conjunctor representing the sign is multi-letter, specified as in English ‘and’ or German ‘und’. There is no request for it in continuous texts, but it has been distributed where it is crucial to save space. In time it began to be utilized as a typographical component adorning the inscriptions and in this usage besides occurs in Poland. In older texts, especially Latin, but besides English or French, it occurs in the abreviature "&c" meaning et cetera.
Amersand: a character and a name that is distorted
"and per se = and"
i.e. "& in itself = i"
— Geoffrey Glaister, Book Dictionary
Traditionally in English, while spelling aloud, any letter which could besides be utilized as a word itself ("A", "I" and "O"), was referred to as the Latin expression per se (per se), as in "per se A" or "A per se A".
The & mark, utilized alone, as opposed to more extended forms specified as &c., was likewise referred to as "i per se i". This last expression was routinely gibberish to "ampersand", and this word became widely utilized in English until 1837.
