I am confused: do you mean "end" or "and"?
The ampersand symbol <&> is a way of representing Latin <et>
'and' (originally with an epsilon-like E and a tau-like T compressed into a
single graph).
<end> comes from Old English ende
< PGmc. *andija-z, possibly a derivative (*h2antijós) of PIE *h2anti 'in
front (of), before, facing' (itself from *h2ant- 'face, front'), cf Gk. antios
'opposite, contrary'.
<and> < OE and/ond < PGmc.
*and(i) (also *und(i)). Different sources suggest diferent PIE etymologies;
derivation from *h2(a)nti is not impossible, with the semantic development
'opposite, facing' > 'beside, in addition to' > 'as well as, also'. Cf.
Lat. et < *eti 'beyond'. The original PIE "and" was the enclitic *-kWe (Lat.
-que, Gk. -te, Skt. -ca).
Piotr
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Subject: [tied] &
Does anyone know history of development of English word END
and also its graphic development - &?