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though

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.

  1. derived from *-kʷe✻
  2. derived from *-hw✻
  3. derived from *to-✻
  4. inherited from *þauh✻
  5. inherited from þēah
  6. inherited from thegh
  7. derived from *þóh✻

Definitions

  1. Despite that

    Despite that; however.

    • I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.

  2. Used to intensify statements or questions

    Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

    • "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"

  3. Despite the fact that

    Despite the fact that; although.

    • Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance.
    • Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.
    • Actual perpetrators though they were, the criminals never admitted it in court.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. If, that, even if.

      • We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.
      • And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.
      • "Though we called your friend from his bed this night, he could not speak for you, / "For the race is run by one and one and never by two and two."

    2. Misspelling of thought.

The neighborhood

Derived

although, even though, though but, though I say it who should not, though I say it who should not say it, though I say so myself, welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk, what though

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for though. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA