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A looping mark meaning 'and', developed from a ligature of the Latin 'et'.
Also known as: And sign, And symbol, Epershand
The ampersand means 'and'. Its shape descends from a joined writing of the Latin word 'et', still visible in some italic forms where the e and t can be made out.
Stands for the word 'and', particularly in names, titles and tabular text.
Contexts: Software
Descends from a ligature of the Latin 'et' ('and'); in some italic typefaces the original e and t are still legible in the letterform.
Roman period onward · Contexts: Software
Takes its English name from 'and per se and', the phrase once used when reciting it at the end of the alphabet.
Contexts: Software
Is not the only surviving mark for 'and' in European writing. The Tironian et — a mark resembling a small seven — descends from a Roman shorthand and remains the standard written form of the word on Irish road signs and shop fronts.
Ireland · Contexts: History, Public information
A looping stroke that crosses itself, with a tail extending to the lower right.
Both stand for the word 'and'; one of them looks like a numeral.
Both are ornate single-stroke figures with a closed loop and a crossing tail.