-&

See also: &

Translingual

Etymology

Derived from & (symbol for multiplicity).

Suffix

-&

1. (multiplicity slang) Added to pronouns and proper nouns to indicate a plural referent.

   you&, we&

   Baodi&

Latin

Suffix

-& (Medieval Latin, uncommon)

1. scribal abbreviation of -et
   • 1215, Magna Carta (Charter Cotton Augustus II. 106)‎:

     Nos ul̵ ſi exͣ̃ Regnum fu͛im᷒ capiꞇal̵ Iuſi͠c n͠r miꞇꞇem᷒ ꝺuoſ Juſi͠ꞇ ꝑ unumqͤmqꝫ Comiꞇaꞇũ ꝑ qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ V⟨ices⟩ i⟨n anno⟩ qui cum qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ miliꞇibꝫ cuiuſlib& comiꞇaꞇ᷒ elecꞇis ꝑ comiꞇaꞇum capianꞇ in comiꞇaꞇu & in ꝺie & loco comiꞇaꞇ᷒ aſſiſas preꝺicꞇaſ

     Nos vel si extra Regum fuerimus capitalis Iusticiarius noster mittemus duos Justitarios per unumquemque Comitatum per quatuor vices in anno qui cum quatuor militibus cuiuslibet comitatus electis per comitatum capiant in comitatu et in die et loco comitatus assisas predictas

     We, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.

Related terms

• -ꝫ