Question

The meaning of etcetera in this passage means he (or she) has to get everything ready for the surprise party: get the cake, the candles, the drinks. Get the music ready for when the party starts and hide her friends around the place so they can all yell SURPRISE when she walks in.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

etcetra more commonly termed as etc is used in sentences with a word chain in these recent years short sentences are preferred hence due to the need was formed as for shortening the sentence the word etc is used .

eg: there are many animals in this zoo like lion,tiger,zebra,leopard,etc.

finally I conclude that etc was formed due to lazyness of human