than

Meaning

Adverb

• At that time; then.

Origin

• From Middle English than, thanne, from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne, from Proto-Germanic *þan ("at that, at that time, then"), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só. Cognate with Dutch dan ("than"), German denn ("than"), German dann ("then"). Doublet of then.