ET Definition

et
ets
abbreviation
Eastern Time.
Webster's New World
Elapsed time.
American Heritage
Extraterrestrial.
American Heritage

The ccTLD for Ethiopia as assigned by the IANA.

Wiktionary
suffix
Small.
Falconet.
American Heritage
Something worn on.
Labret.
American Heritage
conjuntion
And.
Webster's New World
And.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) And.

Wiktionary
symbol
Webster's New World
noun
An extraterrestrial being, as in science fiction.
Webster's New World

A particular drug used to treat cancer.

Wiktionary
affix
Little.
Islet, eaglet.
Webster's New World
verb

(colloquial or dialectal) Simple past tense and past participle of eat.

Wiktionary

Origin of ET

  • ME -et < OFr -et, masc., -ete (Fr -ette), fem. < LL -itus, -ita

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin -ittum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French et, in turn from Latin et

    From Wiktionary