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<p>The <b>ampersand</b>, also known as the <b>and sign</b>, is the <a href="page.php?w=logogram">logogram</a> , representing the <a href="page.php?w=grammatical_conjunction">conjunction</a> "and". It originated as a <a href="page.php?w=typographic_ligature">ligature</a> of the word <i>et</i> (<a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> for ).</p>

<p><big>Etymology</big></p>
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<p>Traditionally in English, when spelling aloud, any letter that could also be used as a word in itself ("A", "I", and "<a href="page.php?w=Vocative_case">O</a>") was referred to</p><p>
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