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though

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Etymology 1

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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 Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”).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.

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    though (not comparable)

    1. (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
      I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though.
      • 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
        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.
    2. (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
      "Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?"
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    Conjunction

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    though

    1. Despite the fact that; although.
      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.
      • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
        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.
    2. (archaic) If, that, even if.
      We shall be not sorry though the man die tonight.
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    • (if): This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression as though meaning as if.
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    Etymology 2

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    though

    1. Misspelling of thought.

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    though

    1. alternative form of thogh

    Conjunction

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    though

    1. alternative form of thogh
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