desque

desque

1. since
2. right after, just after

desque

1. alternative spelling of des que

From des +‎ que, from Latin dē + ex, and Early Medieval Latin quid (“that (conjunction)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeske/

desque

1. since
   • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     El potriello desque nace fasta tres días non puede con la boca alcançar a tierra.

     A foal, from the time it is born till three days later, cannot reach the ground with its mouth.

• Spanish: desque

Inherited from Old Spanish desque, from des +‎ que, from Late Latin dē ex and Latin quid respectively. Became rare and non-standard by the 18th century, displaced by después de que, desde que, ya que.

desque

1. (obsolete) since, after
   • 1620, Gregorio de los Ríos, Agricultura de jardines, 2a parte p. 306, (ed. by Joaquín Fernández Pérez and Ignacio González Tascón, 1991, Madrid: CSIC - Ayuntamiento de Madrid):

     […] , y si el árbol es delicado, y se temen que por ser chico al invierno se le ha de elar, puédele sembrar en tiesto, y desque esté grande trasponerle en tierra.

     […] , and if the tree is delicate, and it is feared that due to being small the winter may freeze it, you may plant it in a pot, and after it grows big transplant it into the ground.

   • 1788, Tomás de Iriarte, La señorita malcriada p. 356, (ed. by Russell P. Sebold, 1986, Madrid: Castalia; the passage is written in informal spoken Spanish):

     D. Gonzalo. ¿Quién da crédito a canallas?
     Bartolo. Si mormuran sin conciencia...
     (Tirando de la manga al Tío Pedro.)
     Y hay hombres que no reparan
     que al fin los amos son amos,
     y las verdaes... se tragan.
     Tío Pedro. Creo que la doña Ambrosia
     no está muy acomodaa
     desque la faltó el marido.

     Don Gonzalo. Who believes scoundrels?
     Bartolo. If they whisper without qualms... (Pulling Uncle Pedro's sleeve.) And there are men who don't realize that, in the end, masters are masters, and truths... should be kept quiet.
     Uncle Pedro. I think that Mrs. Ambrosia is not in a very good state since she lost her husband.

2. (obsolete) as, seeing that

• “desque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014