also

Meaning

Adverb

• In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
• To the same degree or extent; so, as.

Related

Similar words

• too
• eke
• as well

Origin

• From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als, as, whence English as), from Old English ealswā, eallswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa, Saterland Frisian also ("accordingly, therefore, thus"), West Frisian alsa ("so, just so, even so, thus"), Old Saxon alsō ("similarly, as if, just as, when"), Dutch alzo ("so, thus"), German also ("so, thus"), Danish altså ("so"), Norwegian Bokmål altså ("so, therefore, accordingly, thus"), Norwegian Nynorsk altso ("so, accordingly, therefore, thus"), Swedish alltså ("so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then"). See all, so, as.