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- abbreviation et alii (and others)
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- abbreviation And others; to complete a list, especially of people, as authors of a published work.
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From Latin, abbreviation of et ("and") and alii ("others") and its forms and derivatives.
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uselessness commented on the word et al.
Short for et alii.
May 22, 2007