though
English
/ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/
adv
Definitions
- (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
- (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thaugh inherited from Old English þēah (that, whether, yet, however, although, nevertheless, still, though, even if) derived from Old Norse *þóh inherited from Proto-Germanic *þauh (though) derived from Proto-Indo-European *to- (it, that) derived from Proto-Germanic *-hw (and) derived from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (and).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-kʷe
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Cognates and derived terms
- toki Finnish
- usque Latin
- doch German
- jedoch German
- doch Dutch, Flemish
- *-kʷe Proto-Indo-European
- *to- Proto-Indo-European
- *-hw Proto-Germanic
- *þai Proto-Germanic
- *þauh Proto-Germanic
- dock Swedish
- þēah Old English
- च Sanskrit
- thaugh Middle English
- *þóh Old Norse
- né Old Norse
- þó Old Norse
- þó Icelandic
- doh Old High German
- doch Middle High German
- dach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- -𐌿𐌷 Gothic
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 Gothic
- *þauh gmw-pro
- thoh Old Dutch
- *-kʷe Proto-Celtic
- doch Middle Low German
- *-ča Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ča Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thōh Old Saxon
- doch Old Swedish
- *-kʷe Proto-Italic
- *dže Proto-Albanian
- *ta ̊ Proto-Albanian
- *tan Proto-Albanian
- *te-k(u) Proto-Albanian
- *to Proto-Albanian
- *ta- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- -𐎨𐎠 Old Persian
- *-kʷe Proto-Hellenic
- *kʷe Proto-Hellenic
- *tāli- bat-pro
- κε Phrygian