# Ampersand is from Latin

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-is-from-latin/177534>\
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**Created:** [February 2, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-is-from-latin/177534 "2006-02-02T19:32:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ampersand-is-from-latin/177534/1 "2006-02-02T19:32:41Z")

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Did you know the Ampersand symbol is from Latin? Look:

[size=7]&[/size] and [size=7]Et[/size]

See the similarities? Et means “and” in Latin, in case you won’t aware (think about et cetera… and the rest).

I thought that was cool…