Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ampersand
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Ampersand
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noun Etymology: alteration of and (&) per se and, literally, (the character) & by itself (is the word) and Date: 1835 a character typically & standing for the word and ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. the sign & (= and). Etymology: corrupt. of and per se and ('&' by itself is 'and') ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1837, contraction of and per se and, meaning "(the character) '&' by itself is 'and.' " The symbol is based on the L. word et "and," and comes from an old Roman system of shorthand signs (ligatures), attested in Pompeiian graffiti, but not (as sometimes stated) from the Tironian Notes, which was a different form of shorthand, probably invented by Cicero's companion Marcus, which used a different symbol, something like a reversed gamma, to indicate et. This Tironian symbol was maintained by some medieval scribes, including Anglo-Saxon chroniclers, who sprinkled their works with a symbol like a numeral 7 to indicate the word and. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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