how so

Significado (Inglés)

Phrase

1. How?; In what way?
2. Why?; For what reason?

Adv

1. How; In what way; however
2. Why; For what reason.
3. Used as an intensifier.

Traducións

come mai

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: how-so

Relativo a frisón occidental: hoesa

Relativo a neerlandés: hoezo

Relativo a alemán: wieso

Relativo a sueco: hurså

In summary

From ellipsis of "how is that so?", and also continuing Middle English how-so, hou-so, hu se (“however, in whatsoever way”). Compare West Frisian hoesa (“how so, why”), Dutch hoezo (“how so, why”), German Low German woso (“how so, why”), German wieso (“how so, why”), Swedish hurså (“how so”). By surface analysis, how + so.