Ampersand
The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et—Latin for "and".
| Ampersand | |
|---|---|
| & | |
| ﹠, ⅋, ＆, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Logographic and Ideographic |
| Language of origin | Latin language |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0026 |
| Alphabetical position | (27) |
| History | |
| Development | 𐌄𐌕
|
| Time period | c. 100 CE to present |
| Descendants | • ⅋ |
| Sisters | Greek letter ϗ (ligature of κ, α and ι similarly to &) Armenian letter և (ligature of ե and ւ, pronounced /jɛv/; եւ is the Armenian word for "and"); Sindhi letter, ۽ |
| Transliteration equivalents | plus sign, + |
| Variations | ﹠, ⅋, ＆, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵 |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | &C (etC) |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
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