perhaps.
Possibly.
Meaning & usage
Possibly.
Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
There was a perhaps credible witness.
By chance.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Middle English perhap Middle English perhappes ▲ Middle English perhap Middle English perhappous English perhaps From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per- + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).
An uncertainty.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Middle English perhap Middle English perhappes ▲ Middle English perhap Middle English perhappous English perhaps From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per- + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).
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