Re: CGJ for Two Greek Ligatures?

From: Séamas Ó Brógáin (leabhair@iol.ie)
Date: Sun Mar 06 2005 - 03:31:37 CST

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    Asmus wrote:

    > It's derived from per centum, with various stages of abbreviation
    > ending finally with %.

    Strictly speaking, from Italian _per cento_. The second word became
    something like c/o, which eventually became the familiar %.

    Séamas Ó Brógáin
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