English

Phrase

&c.

1. (dated) Alternative form of etc.: …and so on, …and other things.
   • 1612, George Wither, Epithalamia, Or Nuptiall Poems Upon the Most Blessed and Happie Mariage Betweene the High and Mightie Prince Frederick the Fifth, Count Palatine of the Rhein, &c., and Princesse Elizabeth, Sole Daughter to Iames, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland
   • 1739, W. (William) Webster, Remarks on The Divine Legation of Moses, &c. in Several Letters - If I had not done amongst them the Works that no other Man did, they had not had Sin, &c. John 15:24
   • 1854, George Boole, “Signs and their Laws”, in An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities, London: Walton and Maberly, page 37:

     Let us conceive, then, of an Algebra in which the symbols x, y, z, &c. admit indifferently of the values 0 and 1, and of these values alone.

   • 1902, William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber - Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
   • 1977, K. P. Punnoose, Bookdealers in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka &c.

French

Adverb

&c.

1. Archaic form of etc.

German

Alternative forms

• etc.
• ⁊c.
• ꝛc.

Etymology

Formed by replacing the Latin et ‎(“and”) with &.

Adverb

&c.

1. Archaic form of etc.

Spanish

Adverb

&c.

1. Obsolete form of etc.