ergo
ergo Lexical Profile
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• adverb
Therefore; consequently; for that reason (used to introduce a logical deduction or conclusion).
"The defendant was documented in another city at the time of the robbery; ergo, he could not have committed the crime."
• conjunction
For that reason; and so; on account of which (connecting a premise to its logical result).
"She was the sole person with access to the encrypted vault, ergo the primary focus of the internal audit."
Word Nuance & Usage
Primarily used in formal logic, philosophy, or academic rhetoric, and often employed with a humorous or mock-formal tone in everyday conversation to draw a direct conclusion.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin 'ergo' (meaning 'therefore' or 'consequently'), a contraction of the phrase 'e rego' ('out of a straight line' or 'in the right direction'). It gained widespread currency in English through Scholastic logic and René Descartes' famous philosophical dictum 'cogito, ergo sum' ('I think, therefore I am').