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English
Etymology
From Latin et cetera (“etc.: and the other things”).
Phrase
etcetera
- (proscribed) Alternative form of et cetera.
2024 October 21, Paul Simms, “The Return of Jerry” (4:09 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):“To create life, to use science itself, chemical galvanism, electrobiology, etcetera, etcetera. To reanimate dead tissue, now, whomever unlocks that mystery, is not a man, but a god.” “Like Frankenstein.” “Who?” “Like Dr. Victor Frankenstein.” “Never heard of him.” “Right.”
Usage notes
Noun
etcetera (plural etceteras)
- Alternative form of et cetera.
1834, Arthur Conolly, Journey to the North of India, page 42:The Toorkmuns keep their money and little valuable etceteras in large purses made of the skins of camels' necks.
1895 December 18, “Amusements”, in The Macleay Argus, number 656, Kempsey, N.S.W., page :Now persons who are not clasified among those whom we have alluded to, have their own ideas on social subjects, and realise that billiard and card playing, loafing around pubs., patronising a play (when opportunity offers) with one’s “best girl,” and in the splenditude of Sunday attire, with a high collar and all the etceteras of masherdom, imagining that it is only a case of “look and conquer,” do not sum up the whole happiness in life.
1906 August, O. Henry , “A Ruler of Men”, in H P S, editor, Rolling Stones, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Co., published 1915, →OCLC, page 9:"When did you leave Oklahoma? Where is Reddy McGill now? Why are you selling those impossible contraptions on the street? "A year ago," answered Kansas Bill systematically. "Putting up windmills in Arizona. For pin money to buy etceteras with.
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin et cētera (“and the others”).
Adverb
etcetera
- et cetera, and so on
- Synonyms: enzoverder, enzovoort, enzovoorts
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin et cētera (“and the others”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
etcetera
- et cetera
- Synonyms: proci, și așa mai departe
Swedish
Adverb
etcetera (not comparable)
- et cetera (and so on)