tho

Meanings

Pronoun

• Those; they.

Adverb

• Then; thereupon.
• Alternate spelling of though

Origin

• From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā ("the, those"), from Proto-Germanic *þai ("those"), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só. Cognate with Saterland Frisian do ("the").
• From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā ("then, when"), from Proto-Germanic *sa ("that"), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só. See also German da.
• Mostly found in American English; alteration of though. Compare tho'.