plus

plus
plus 1570s, the oral rendering of the arithmetical sign +, from L. plus "more" (comparative of multus "much"), altered by influence of minus from *pleos, from PIE *ple- "full" (see POLY- (Cf. poly-)). Placed after a whole number to indicate "and a little more," it is attested from 1902. As a conjunction, "and," it is American English colloquial, attested from 1968. Plus fours (1921) were four inches longer in the leg than standard knickerbockers, to produce an overhang, originally a style assoc. with golfers. The plus sign itself has been well-known since at least late 15c. and is perhaps an abbreviation of L. et (see ET CETERA (Cf. et cetera)).

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