though
Part of speech: adv
conj
Morphological type: simple
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
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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 Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”).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.
Inflected forms:
form: tho
pos: adv
tags: alternative
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dated
informal
form: tho’
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
poetic
form: thô
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: thogh
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: thot
pos: adv
tags: alternative
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obsolete
form: thou
pos: adv
tags: alternative
misspelling
form: tho
pos: conj
tags: alternative
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also
dated
informal
form: tho’
pos: conj
tags: alternative
archaic
poetic
form: thô
pos: conj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: thogh
pos: conj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: thot
pos: conj
tags: alternative
Scotland
obsolete
form: thou
pos: conj
tags: alternative
misspelling
Senses:
gloss: Despite that; however.
pos: adv
tags: conjunctive
not-comparable
examples: I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
gloss: Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
gloss: Despite the fact that; although.
pos: conj
examples: 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.
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
gloss: If, that, even if.
pos: conj
tags: archaic
examples: 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."
Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
Synonyms: anyhow
anyway
even so
in any case
nevertheless
nonetheless
still
yet
even though
Derived words: 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
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