I know Rx means prescription, but where did it originate from?
At school, we were taught that it was derived from the Wadjet, but I read a few other things online. One website said that it came from the Latin word recipe, and another said that it came from the astrological sign for Jupiter.
Out of curiosity, which of these theories has the most evidence backing it? Are there any other possibilities?
Thanks.

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No, I am not looking for the answer ‘Before Christ’. I’m looking for the latin words. It is now 2008 A.D., meaning Anno Domini, or ‘In the Year of our Lord’. I’m sure there is an equivalent for B.C., but I don’t know what it is.

It’s probably a greek or latin.

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I’ve heard people use it at the end of a sentence. For example “I’ll be there tomorrow D.V.” Is it latin? And what exactly does it mean?

We all know the meaning for abbreviation…
“a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole.”
Then why the word abbreviation itself is too long?
This is the answer! Abbreviation, in itself, is not an abbreviation! (abbr. is the abbreviation for abbreviation I think!) , so obviously it is not going to be small, and concise, but more of a broad word. Obviously, many words in the English language derive from Latin words, or are similar to Latin words: thus, the long word “abbreviation” starts from the short word ‘brevis’ meaning ‘brief’.
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I know that it means the error quoted by the writer was present in the original source, but what do the letters stand for? Something Latin is it?

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The Record Interpreter; A Collection of Abbreviations, Latin Words and Names Used in English Historical Manuscripts and RecordsPublisher: London : Reeves and Turner Publication date: 1892 Subjects: Abbreviations, Latin Abbreviations, French Names, Geographical -- Latin... Read More >

The Latin version, as on my degree certificate from a Scottish university, is “Omnibus has litteras visuris” – literally “To all who will see this writing”.

Thanks for the help

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Notae Latinae: An Account Of Abbreviation In Latin Mss. Of The Early Minuscule Period, C. 700-850 (1915)This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as mar... Read More >

Read pp.346-373
I don’t get it. Why not just write ‘pg.’ instead of ‘pp.’?
Is this some Latin abbreviation that I’m not aware of?

This is a male forename, Nom. Poyus, Gen. Poyi, found quite frequently in 17C parish registers. It is almost certainly contracted, i.e. letters havebeen omitted for brevity

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A New Latin Vocabulary: Adapted to the Best Latin Grammars; with Tables of Numeral Letters, English and Latin Abbreviations, and the Value of Roman and Grecian CoinsThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, a... Read More >

Found in an old (1849) marriage entry in church records from Germany. It does NOT mean dono dedit (given as a gift) and shows up in a sentence similar to: ” the bridal couple presentedd the parental consent to marriage for the under-age daughter d. d. city offices on ( a date); and finally the marriage certificate from city office d.d. (same date) ??

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The Record Interpreter; A Collection of Abbreviations, Latin Words and Names Used in English Historical Manuscripts and RecordsPublisher: London : Reeves and Turner Publication date: 1892 Subjects: Abbreviations, Latin Abbreviations, French Names, Geographical -- Latin... Read More >

One would think both abbreviations would be in the same language, yet they are not. Is it possible they were derived at different times?

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