What does the @ symbol mean?

In 2000, the Italian academic Giorgio Stabile observed that many nations use different words for the @ symbol that describe how it looks. In Turkish it means "rose", while in Norwegian it means "pig's tail". In Greek it is "duckling", while in Hungarian it is "worm".

When did the symbol et come out?

The symbol began as a combination of the letters e and t, to represent the Latin word et, which translates to and. It wasn’t introduced into English until the late 1700s, when it again represented the word and. By the early 1800s, the symbol was so popular it was added to the end of the English alphabet as the 27th letter.

What does the 'at sign' mean in email?

While in the English language, @ is referred to as the “at sign,” other countries have different names for the symbol that is now so commonly used in email transmissions throughout the world. Many of these countries associate the symbol with either food or animal names.