＆意思和来历＆是AND的简写吗?是怎么来得?

Question

＆ 意思和来历
＆ 是AND的简写吗?是怎么来得?

Answer 1

& 读为 Ampersand Sign 意思是 and
最早发现于古罗马时期,当时是E和T两个字母的.随着时间的迁移,这两个字母越写越靠近也越写越圆润,流畅,变成了一个符号.因此变成了象&一样的一个符号.
ampersand symbol has been found on ancient Roman sources dating to the first century A.D.During this period the symbol was a boxy-looking ligature of the capital letters E T.Over time the figure became more curved and flowing,until it came to resemble something like the figure above on the right,often called the "italic" ampersand.
By the eighth century AD,Western calligraphy was well developed,particularly in forms such as Uncial,Insular script,and Carolingian minuscule.The calligraphers made extensive use of the ampersand because the condensation of a word into a single character made their work easier.During this time the even more condensed ampersand,shown above on the left,was developed.It is often called the "roman" ampersand.
After the advent of printing in Europe in 1455,printers made extensive use of both the italic and roman ampersands.Every new typeface and font has included its own style of &.Since the ampersand's roots go back to Roman times,many languages that use a variation of the Latin alphabet make use of it.