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
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
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: però
- Occitan: però
Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: pero
- Old Galician-Portuguese: pero
  - Galician: pero

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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