And - Etc...

You already know the Latin word for "and". It's the et in etc. (et cetera - and other things) and et al. (et alia - and other people). Here's what the Romance languages did to it:

French for "and" is et, pronounced "ay" (never, ever "ette").

The Italians followed one step further and got rid of the "t" altogether:

Italian for "and" is e, pronounced "ay".

Spanish for "and" is y, pronounced "ee" - still a single vowel sound, but a different one, so it's not the French wrecking the pattern for once.

Summary: Lat. et gives French et, Italian e and Spanish y