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Old English thēah, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German doch ; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse thó, thau .


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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thagh, from Old English þēah(“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”), later superseded in many dialects by Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó); both from Proto-Germanic *þauh(“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-,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(“though”), Dutch doch(“though”), German doch(“though”), Swedish dock(“however, still”), Icelandic þó(“though”). More at that.


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though (adv., conj.)

c. 1200, from Old English þeah "though, although, even if, however, nevertheless, still, yet;" and in part from Old Norse þo "though," both from Proto-Germanic *thaukh (source also of Gothic þauh, Old Frisian thach, Middle Dutch, Dutch doch, Old High German doh, German doch), from PIE demonstrative pronoun *to- (see that). The evolution of the terminal sound did not follow laugh, tough, etc., though a tendency to end the word in "f" existed c. 1300-1750 and persists in dialects.