＆の英語

語源

Orthographic borrowing from Latin &

接続詞

& (siglum)

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

     Nam Schalholtum, ſedes epiſcopalis, in meridionali Islandia, jacet ſub gradu 64. & aliqvot min.

     [nam Schalholtum, sēdēs epīscopālis, in merīdiōnālī Īslandiā, jacet sub gradū 64. & aliquot mīn.]

     For Skálholt, the episcopal see in southern Iceland, lies at 64 degrees & a few minutes.

接尾辞

-& (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.