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.

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