different between because vs forthan

English

Alternative forms

• bycause, becos, 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcus

Etymology

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /b??k?z/
  • (UK, dated) IPA^(key): /b??k??z/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /bi?k?z/, /bi?k?z/, /b??k?z/
• (unstressed)
  • IPA^(key): /b?k?z/
• Rhymes: -?z
• Hyphenation: be?cause
• Rhymes: -??z

Adverb

because (not comparable)

1. (archaic) For the reason (that).
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:

     And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

2. On account (of), for sake (of).

3. (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Derived terms

• because of
• just because

Translations

Conjunction

because

1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

3. (obsolete) So that, in order that. [15th-17th c.]

Synonyms

• (for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ? (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

Preposition

because

1. (uncommon, slang, nonstandard, especially Internet) On account of, because of. [since at least the 20th century]

Derived terms

• because reasons

References

• Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause

English

Alternative forms

• for-than, forthon

Etymology

From Middle English forthan, from Old English for þon, comprised of for (“because of”) + þon (“that”). More at for, than, that, for that.

Conjunction

forthan

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) For this reason; therefore.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) For the reason that; because.

Derived terms

• forthan that