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per alia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
per alia
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin per alia, from per (“by; through”) + alia (“others”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

per se

Frequently Paired Words

per se

Questions

What does per alia mean?
By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.
Where does per alia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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