Ampersand

Ampersand
&
﹠, ⅋, &, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeLogographic
and Ideographic
Language of originLatin language
Sound valuesnone
In UnicodeU+0026
Lexicographic position(27)
History
Development
𐌄𐌕
Time periodc. 100 CE to present
Descendants • ⅋
SistersGreek 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, ۽
Transliterationsplus sign, +
Variations﹠, ⅋, &, 🙰, 🙱, 🙲, 🙳, 🙴, 🙵
Other
Associated graphs&C (etC)
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters of the word et (Latin for "and").[1]

  1. ^ "The Ampersand & More" Archived 4 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine with Kory Stamper, part of the "Ask the Editor" video series at Merriam-Webster.com