etc. or et cetera is Latin for what?
Et cetera Et cetera Et cetera (in English; ; ), abbreviated to etc., etc, &c., or &c, is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and other similar things", or "and so forth". Translated literally from Latin, means 'and', while means 'the rest'; thus the expression means 'and the rest (of such things)'. It is a calque of the Koine Greek , 'and the other things'. (The more usual Greek form was , 'and the remainder'.) The one-word spelling "etcetera" appears in some dictionaries. The abbreviated form "&c." or "&c" is still occasionally used. (The ampersand character, "&", derives
Et cetera the king as wanting to impress everyone with his breadth of great knowledge and the importance of one with no need to expound. This reflected the usage in the novel, "Anna and the King of Siam", which expressed that king's playful understanding of innumerable things with the phrase, "&c., &c." "Et cetera" and derivatives, such as "etceteras", have long been, and still are, used airily, humorously or dismissively, often as a cadigan, for example: Et cetera Et cetera (in English; ; ), abbreviated to etc., etc, &c., or &c, is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean