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et cétera.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
et cétera.
Principal English Translation: 

etcetera, and so on (a loanword from Latin by way of Spanish)

Orthographic Variants: 
etc.
Attestations from sources in English: 

quichivazque iztac tecuitlatl iezqui ixquich iezqui in navi tomin oncan neztiiez tlaxcalla atl tepetl itlaviz yc machiyotiloz amatl tlen temacoz ano amatlacuiloli etc = [they are to make] (a seal) to be of silver, (weighing) 4 tomines, on which the arms of the city of Tlaxcala will appear, with which to seal papers that are issued, or letters, etc. (Tlaxcala, 1547) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 22, 118–119. aço texima quauhxima tlacuiloua etc (Tlaxcala, 1547) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 22. Auh yn cuauitl yc omopouh yeuatl yn matlactlacxitl nican mopia etc y metztli omoteneuh tlacpac yoan xiuitl = And the rod with which it was measured was the ten-foot-measure that is kept here. Etc., on the above mentioned month and year. (Coyoacan, 1554) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 9, 88–89. tohueytlatocauh Rey su magtt Etc (Coyoacan, 1575) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 13. señor anton gomez Español vezino coyoacan yhuan yispantzinco señor don turibio fiscal vicente Ramirez balsar pz alguaziles yglesia margos feliciano Escriuo yglesia anton sanchez tepisqui apçolco Etc (Coyoacan, 1575) Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 20.