etcétera
Keywords: discourse
Pronunciation (IPA): | etˈtʃedera |
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Part of Speech: | modifier |
Class: | location, time |
Forms: | etcétera, etcéteran |
Glosses: | and so on, next |
Description:
The modifier 'etcétera' comes from the Latin et cetera, which by the early modern period was being used quote often in writing on Common, usually abbreviated as 'etc.', borrowed from other languages that used it. The AXZ decided to declare it a Common word by fiat and give it a pronunciation in Common that aligned with the frequent abbreviation.
Etcétera is used more commonly in writing than in speech and most often abbreviated as 'etc.' It is most often used as a sentence-level adverbial modifier with a sense like 'and so on'. However, it can be used in a noun context as well with a sense like 'next (in a continuing series)', or on a verb context also with a sense like 'next'.
A more colloquial way of saying the same thing would be 'pi synne', although that's a little informal. A more formal way of saying the same thing that people would be more likely to say in speak speech is 'hanja nox synne noxaj'.
The derived term form 'etcéteran' had a sense like 'that which covers next', or 'to come next', although in practice this form is extremely rare.