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Ampersand evolution.

There is a great deal of variation in this character; fonts often make it distinctive as an identifying feature of the font. Common variants include ⟨🙵⟩ and ⟨🙰⟩.

Apart from the CJK variants, additional Unicode characters are intended for backward compatibility with Wingdings fonts.

A stylized form of Latin et (“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first century C.E., but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent of calligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare ⁊ and +, of same meaning and similar derivation.

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of English and
   Synonym: ⁊

& (English symbol name ampersand)

1. (programming) Used in some programming languages for different purposes.
   1. Used to dereference memory address.
   2. Used to represent the binary operator "and".
      Synonyms: AND, &&, ∧
      1 & 0 = 0
2. (networking) In a URL, separates each field-value pair of a query string.
   https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day**&action=view&**useskin=monobook
3. (Internet slang, subculture) Used to represent multiplicity.

• (mathematics) ⅋
• & ;
• v&
• &c.
• 
  The roman-typeface ampersand at left is stylized, but the italic one at right reveals its origin in the Latin word et.
• 
  An ampersand handwritten as an 'E' with a vertical stroke
• 
  A handwritten ampersand with the vertical stroke merged into the ends of the 'E'
• ϗ
• ΘΔ (“a therianthrope”)
• (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
• (Variations of letter E): Éé Èè Êê Ḙḙ Ěě Ĕĕ Ẽẽ Ḛḛ Ẻẻ Ėė Ëë Ēē Ȩȩ Ęę ᶒ Ɇɇ Ȅȅ Ếế Ềề Ễễ Ểể Ḝḝ Ḗḗ Ḕḕ Ȇȇ Ẹẹ Ệệ ⱸ ᴇ Ｅｅ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ & Œœ ᵫ
• (Letter combinations): Ꜳꜳ Ææ ᴁᴭ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜵꜵ Åå Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ Ꜽꜽ ct ȸ DZDzdz DŽDždž ᴂᵆ ᴔ & ff fi ffi fl ffl ℔ IJij LJLjlj Ỻỻ Ŋŋ NJNjnj Œœ ɶ Ꝏꝏ Ȣȣᴕ ȹ ẞß ſtst ᵫ Ůů Ww Ꝡꝡ

Orthographic borrowing from Latin &

& (siglum)

1. Abbreviation of and.
   • 2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 121:
     “Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”
2. (dated) Abbreviation of et.

• The ampersand is often used if the words to the left and right together form one inseparable unit, for example plug & play.

• Occurrences of & in proper names are considered part of the name itself, and are almost always reproduced even in contexts where ampersands are not normally used.

• In formal use, not all ands are replaceable with an ampersand. For example and linking two main clauses or appearing before the last item of a list are not written as &.

• & alii, & al.

• & cetera, &c.

• & Co.

• & hoc genus omne

• & iam, & i.

• & seq., & seqq.

• & uxor, & ux.

and

• Armenian: և (hy) (ew)
• Catalan: & (ca)
• French: & (fr)
• German: u. (de), & (de)
• Greek: ϗ (el)
• Irish: ⁊
• Italian: & (it)
• Malay: &
• Portuguese: & (pt)
• Spanish: & (es) (normally used on translated English names that contain this character, but rarely elsewhere)
• Swedish: & (sv), o̱
• Thai: & (th)
• Vietnamese: &

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of i

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of kaj

• IPA(key): /e/

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of et

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of e or ed
2. (dated) abbreviation of et

&(アンド) • (ando) (siglum)

1. abbreviation of アンド

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of et
   • 1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland]‎[1], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 1, page 1:

• &̄ (etiam)
• -&

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of e

& (siglum)

1. (archaic except in English contexts) abbreviation of y or e

& (siglum)

1. abbreviation of och
   Synonym: o̱

• &c. (“etc.”)