Ditto
/ˈdɪt.oʊ/noun
Used to indicate that a preceding statement or item is repeated or applies again.
Did you know?English adopted ditto from Italian account books, where detto—“said” or “the aforementioned”—helped avoid rewriting the same information repeatedly.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deyḱ-
“to point out, show, or indicate”
Classical Latin
Latin
dīcere
“to say, speak, or declare”
Late Latin
Latin
dictus
“said or spoken, the past participle of dīcere”
Medieval Italian
Italian
detto
“said, mentioned, or aforementioned”
17th Century
Italian
ditto
“the same; the aforementioned item, especially in accounts”
17th Century
English
ditto
“a repetition or duplicate of something previously stated”
Modern English
English
ditto
“the same as above, or an expression of agreement”