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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    ** English

    [2007]

    *** Etymology

    First attested in 1625. From regional [en], variant of [it], past participle of [it], from [en]. Not related to [en] or [it].

    The specific meaning of making copies of paper comes from [en], the brand name of a spirit duplicator.

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en]

    *** Noun

    [s]

    1. That which was stated before, the aforesaid , the above , the same , likewise . 2. * [page=127] 3. * [Comprising a Brief Description of the Company at the Peacock Assembled; and a Tale Told by a Bagman] 4. * [en] 5. * [en] 6. * [en] 7. [en] A duplicate or copy of a document , particularly one created by a spirit duplicator . 8. * [en] 9. [en] A copy ; an imitation . 10. * [en] 11. * [en] 12. * [en] 13. The ditto mark, 〃 ; a symbol , represented by two apostrophe s, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeat ed. 14. [en] A suit of clothes of the same color throughout. 15. [en] [en] .

    **** Derived terms

    {{col|en|dittohead|dittology |ditto suit|suit of dittoes|ditto worksheet|ditto master}}

    **** Translations

    [the aforesaid]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] - Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl] [abbreviation] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] - German: [de] - Hebrew: [he] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] - Polish: [pl] , [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] - Russian: [ru] - Slovak: [sk] , [sk] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [abbreviation] - Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] [trans-bottom]

    [informal: duplicate]<!-- Informal terms only, please -->

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Dutch: [nl] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] , [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Italian: [it] - Russian: [ru] - Swedish: [sv] - Turkish: [tr] [trans-bottom]

    [ditto mark]

    - Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] - German: [de] - Greek: [el] - Hungarian: [hu] - Portuguese: [pt] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [checktrans-top]<!-- Are these actually nouns or just adverbs? -->

    - French: [fr] - Indonesian: [id] , [id] - Italian: [it] - Japanese: [ja] [trans-bottom]

    *** Adverb

    [-]

    1. As said before, likewise . 2. * [en] 3. * [en]

    **** Translations

    [likewise]

    *** Verb

    [en-verb]

    1. [en] To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc. 2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1989 | author=K. K. N. Kurup | title=Agrarian struggles in Kerala |passage=The Communists believed that Prakasam, the Prime Minister, never tried to check the bureaucracy but DITTOED every action of the corrupt officials and police.}}

    1. [en] To make a copy using a ditto machine . 2. * [year=1976] 3. * [en]

    **** Translations

    [(transitive) To repeat the aforesaid, the earlier action etc]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Italian: [it] - Russian: [ru] [trans-bottom]

    *** Interjection

    [en]

    1. [en] [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.] 2. * [page=82]

    ** Dutch

    *** Adjective

    [-]

    1. [nl]

    ** Norwegian Nynorsk

    *** Etymology

    From older [nn]. [nn].

    *** Adverb

    [nn-adv]

    1. [en]

    *** Interjection

    [nn]

    1. [en]

    ** Portuguese

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. [pt]

    *** Adjective

    [pt-adj]

    1. [pt]

    *** Verb

    [pt]

    1. [pt]