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French
Etymology
From pourquoi (“why”).
Phrase
pour quoi faire ?
- (informal) why?
– Venez vite parler au roi.
– Et pour quoi faire’’ ? répond le vilain.
– À cause de votre grande science.- – Come quickly to speak to the king.
– And why? responded the peasant.
– Because of your great knowledge.
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