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From Latin videlicet ‎(“that is to say, namely”), short for videre licet ‎(“it is permitted to see”). Usually read out as namely, to wit, or occasionally videlicet.

Etymology

From Latin videlicet ‎(“that is to say, namely”), short for videre licet ‎(“it is permitted to see”). The ‘z’ was originally not a letter but a common Middle Latin scribal abbreviation that was used for -et, specifically a Tironian note. The symbol resembled ‘z’, or rather 3 and Ȝ, and hence is thus represented in type. Compare ⁊, the Tironian symbol for Latin et ‎(“and”) (in isolation, not as suffix).





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