per alia

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

per alia (not comparable)

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

   If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then per alia Socrates is mortal.

See also

• per se