English
inasmuch as
Inasmuch as comes from Middle English in as muche as.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500in as muche as
- Englishearliest quotation 1611inasmuch as
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500in as muche as
- Englishearliest quotation 1611inasmuch as
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “35 For I was an hungred, and yee gaue…”
Every English word from Middle English in as muche as
Today it means
conj Because of the fact that; since.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English in as muche as / inasmuch as