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Et cetera
''et cetera'' (in English; ; (:ɛt ˈkeːtɛra)) (rare: ''etceteros'') (abbreviation: etc. or &c.) is a Latin expression that means "and other things", or "and so forth". It is taken directly from the Latin expression, which literally means "and the rest (of such things)" and is a calque of the Greek "καὶ τὰ ἕτερα" (''kai ta hetera'': "and the other things"; the more usual Greek form is "καὶ τὰ λοιπά" ''kai ta loipa'': "and the remainder"). ''Et'' means "and"; ''cētera'' means "the rest".
==Spellings and usages==
The one-word spelling "etcetera" is commonly used and is accepted as correct by many dictionaries. It is also sometimes spelled ''et caetera'', ''et coetera'' or ''et cœtera'' and is usually abbreviated to ''etc.'' or ''&c.'' Some abbreviations that still find use in the U.K. and Australia, but for the U.S.A. are archaic and commonly used only in legislation, notations for mathematics or qualifications, include ''&ca'', ''etca'', ''&/c.'', ''&e.'', ''&ct.'', ''&cm'', ''etcm'', ''&cs'', and ''etcs''. (The ampersand is a ligature of "et". This is occasionally formed by knowing "et" to mean "and" but not realising "&" is a ligature of "et".)
The phrase ''et cetera'' is often used to denote the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example, in the following expression:
:''We will need a lot of bread: wheat, granary, wholemeal, etc.''
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