per hoc

Latin

Etymology

From per (“through”, in Late Latin often "because of") +‎ hoc (“this”). Began to supplant propter hoc from the second century CE onwards, becoming notably frequent by the time of Augustine.^[1]

Adverb

per hoc (not comparable) (Late Latin)

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Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: però
  - → Maltese: però
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Franco-Provençal: pero
- Old French: paroc, peroec, peruec, ⇒ poro, por euc, poruec, pruec, ⇒ preuc que
  - Middle French: preuc que, preus que
  - ⇒ Picard: in pruèque
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: però
- Occitan: però
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: pero, perol
  - Fala: pero, peru
  - Galician: pero, pro, pró
  - Portuguese: pero, peró, perol
- Old Spanish: pero
  - Ladino: pero, פירו
  - Spanish: pero
    - > Chavacano: pero (inherited)
    - → Rapa Nui: pero
    - → Tagalog: pero
    - → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pero, poro

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hŏc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 442

^ Giacalone Ramat, Anna & Mauri, Caterina. 2008. From cause to contrast: A study in semantic change. In Elisabeth Verhoeven et al. (eds.), Studies on Grammaticalization, 303–321. Berlin: De Gruyter. §3.

[1] Giacalone Ramat, Anna & Mauri, Caterina. 2008. From cause to contrast: A study in semantic change. In Elisabeth Verhoeven et al. (eds.), Studies on Grammaticalization, 303–321. Berlin: De Gruyter. §3.

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