though

Meaning

Adverb

• Despite that; however.
• Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

Origin

• From Middle English thaugh, thagh, from Old English þēah ("though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether"), later superseded in many dialects by , thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó); both from Proto-Germanic *þauh ("though"), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe ("and").
• Akin to Scots thoch ("though"), Saterland Frisian dach ("though"), West Frisian dôch, dochs, Dutch doch ("though"), German doch ("though"), Swedish dock ("however, still"), Icelandic þó ("though"). More at that.