Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc. · To make a copy using a ditto machine.
That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. · The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated. · A suit of clothes of the same color throughout. · A copy made by (run off by) a ditto machine (especially, a worksheet thus reproduced).
As said before, likewise.
Used as an expression of agreement with what another person has said, or to indicate that what they have said equally applies to the person being addressed.
First attested in 1625. From regional Italian ditto, variant of detto, past participle of dire (“to say”), from Latin dīcō (“to say, to speak”). Not related to English dittography. The specific meaning of making copies of paper comes from ditto machine, a genericization from the brand name of a spirit duplicator.
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