Et-cetera meaning

ĕt sĕt'ər-ə, sĕt'rə

And other unspecified things of the same class; and so forth.

And others; and the like; and the rest; and so forth.

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Or the like; or others of the same kind; or something similar.

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And the rest, and the others; to complete a list.

The grocery sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.

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And so forth; to indicate missing information, often well known.

The plagiarism was painfully obvious: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," etc.

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Latin et and cētera the rest neuter pl. of cēterus ko- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin et cētera (“and the rest" or "and so forth”)

From Wiktionary

Et-cetera Sentence Examples