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3-letter words (2 found)

HOC,OCH,

2-letter words (3 found)

CH,HO,OH,

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Definitions and meaning of hoc

hoc

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan hoc, from Latin hoc (“this”). Cognate with Occitan òc and partially with French oui.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɔk]

Particle

hoc

  1. (obsolete) yes (affirmation; commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)

Adverb

hoc

  1. indeed the opposite of not

Usage notes

  • Hoc has largely fallen into disuse in favour of sí.

Antonyms

  • no

References

  • “hoc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “hoc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology 1

For *hod +‎ -ce, from Proto-Italic *hod n sg (“this”) + *ke (“here”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰe (“discourse particle”) + *ḱe (“deictic particle”).

Alternative forms

  • hocc, oc, occ

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hok/, [hɔk]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok/, [ɔk]
  • Note: the final /k/ is always geminate if a vowel follows, e.g. hoc est [hɔk.kɛst]. Contrast hic, where the older prevocalic pronunciation had /k/, but a newer pronunciation, by analogy with the neuter hoc, had /kk/.

Determiner

hoc

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of hic (“this”)
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hic, haec, hoc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
  • Sornicola, Rosanna. 2011. Per la storia dei dimostrativi romanzi: i tipi neutri [tso], [so], [ço], [tʃo] e la diacronia dei dimostrativi latini. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 127. 1–80. §2.1.3.
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hŏc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 441

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hoːk/, [hoːk]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ok/, [ɔk]

Determiner

hōc

  1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of hic (“this”)
  2. (with a comparative, correlative of quod) for this reason, because of this

Etymology 3

According to De Vaan (2008), from a masculine singular instrumental of Proto-Indo-European *gʰi-ḱe (“this, here”). Contrast Latin hūc, which is probably from the locative instead.

Adverb

hōc (not comparable)

  1. hither, to this place
    Synonyms: hūc, hōrsum

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hic, haec, hoc”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284

Further reading

  • “hoc”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hoc”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hoc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

  • hocc

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xok/, [hok]

Noun

hoc m (nominative plural hoccas)

  1. marshmallow (plant)
Declension
Synonyms
  • cottuc
  • merscmealwe
Descendants
  • hollyhock

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

Alternative forms

  • hooc

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xoːk/, [hoːk]

Noun

hōc m

  1. angle, (of land): point
  2. hook
Declension
Derived terms
  • *beaduhōc
  • hinderhōc
  • hōcīsern
  • wēodhōc
Related terms
  • haca
Descendants
  • Middle English: hoke, hook
    • English: hook
    • Scots: huke, heuk, hewk

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