pēc
Pronunciation: [pɛː̂ts]
“pēc” is a Latvian word. Its 9 meanings in English:
adverb
preposition
- used to refer to a time posterior to a certain action or event; after, in
- used to refer to a place located further away than a certain reference point or distance; after
- used in reference to a sequence in time or space; after, by
- used to indicate the purpose or goal of an action; for, after, in order to get
- used to indicate the cause or reason for something, the motive of an action; for, because of, for the sake of
- used to indicate the basis, the grounds for something; by, according to
- used to indicate the way, the method, the example being followed; by, according to
- used to indicate similarity; like, after
Etymology
As adverb (the nowadays more frequent prepositional use is a later development), pēc is the reflex of an earlier pēdis (“after(wards)”), still found dialectally and in folk songs, itself from *pēdies, an old instrumental plural form of pēds, a morphological variant of pēda (“foot sole; footprint”). The original meaning was therefore sequentiality, like footprints: “one after the other,” from…
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