then
English
/ðɛn/, /ðen/
adv
Definitions
- (temporal location) At that time.
- (temporal location) Soon afterward.
- (sequence) Next in order; in addition.
- (conjunctive) In that case.
- (sequence) at the same At the same time; on the other hand.
- (UK) Used to contradict an assertion.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English then(thenne, ne) inherited from Old English þonne inherited from Proto-Germanic *þan (then, at that time, at that) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tóm.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tóm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- thenable English
- thenabout English
- thenness English
- tum Latin
- dann German
- denn German
- dennoch German
- dan Dutch, Flemish
- *só Proto-Indo-European
- *tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *þan Proto-Germanic
- *þawō Proto-Germanic
- þanne Old English
- þonne Old English
- then(thenne, ne) Middle English
- thenne Middle English
- at Old Norse
- en Old Norse
- enn Old Norse
- þá Old Norse
- þá Icelandic
- þátíð Icelandic
- dan Old High German
- danne Old High German
- denne Old High German
- dan Afrikaans
- den, den(ne) Middle High German
- dann Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þannā gmw-pro
- dénne Cimbrian
- tän Volapük
- dann Hunsrik
- te Sranan Tongo