Ditto is an English form of the Italian word 'detto' which means 'said'. When we say ditto, or use  we mean what we want to say is already said. Source(s): I checked this source in the Collins dictionary. Apparently this form came into English in the 17th century.
WEST MICHIGAN â The full moon in the month of August is known as the âSturgeon Moon.â The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month.
1 Sturgeons are related to the paddlefish and perhaps to the bichir. They have bony plates (scutes) covering the head and five longitudinal rows of similar plates along the body. 2  Sturgeons are found in greatest abundance in the rivers of southern Russia and Ukraine and in the freshwaters of North America.