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Ampersand
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(a corruption of the mixed English and Latin phrase, "and per se and," of which there are many dialect forms, as "ampussyand," or "amperseand"), the name of the sign & or &, which is a combination of the letters e, t, of the Lat. et= and. The sign is now usually called "short and." In oldfashioned primers and nursery books the name and sign were always added at the end of the alphabet.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ampersand'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ampersand.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ampersand'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ampersand.html. 1910.
