poi che

Italian

Etymology 1

Calque of Latin post quam.

Preposition

poi che

1. (literary, obsolete) after
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,
     là dove terminava quella valle
     che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]

     But after I had reached a mountain's foot,
     ⁠At that point where the valley terminated,
     ⁠Which had with consternation pierced my heart,

Etymology 2

Conjunction

poi che

1. Alternative form of poiché