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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Going to have to go with Alyssa and catch a snake all so.
The smorning, a facebook comment about the reptile prowess of a young girl got me scrambling for the etymology of also. Nice recovery of the root, as in “in this way”. As in as.
also (adv., conj.)
Old English eallswa “just as, even as, as if, so as, likewise,” contraction of eal swa, from all “altogether” + so. Originally an emphatic form of so. The sense of “wholly so” weakened to “in addition to, in the same way,” replacing eke. Used in Old English to introduce a sequel to a preceding statement, “and so, then, therefore.” Used from c. 1200 in connecting sentences, “in addition, moreover.” The compound has parallel forms in German also, Dutch alzoo. English as is a shortened form of it.
“Early ME has the phrase as well as the compound. The reduced forms alse, als, as gradually become established in certain constructions, the fuller also in others …. The clear distinction between also and as is not attained until the 15th century.” [Middle English Compendium, University of Michigan]
https://www.etymonline.com/word/also
I only need to find an all sew and my life will be complete.
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