Latin/Appendix F

Common English abbreviations from Latin.

Abbreviation	Latin	Meaning
A.D.	anno dominī	year of (our) lord
A.M.	ante meridiem	before noon
C(a).	circa(annum)	around(year) used in dates, as in c. 900
cf.	confer	compare
e.g.	exemplī gratia	for example
et al.	et aliī	and others
etc.	et cetera	and so on
Ibid.	ibidem	same place / source (in a footnote, when referring to the same source as the last footnote)
i.e.	id est	that is
P.M.	post meridiem	after noon
P.S.	post scrīptum	postscript
q.e.d	quod erat dēmōnstrandum	what was to be shown (Science)
q.v.	quo vide	which see (when referencing another article in an encyclopedia)
v. or vs.	versus	against