Etymology

although

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Today it means: Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. Full definition →

Middle English althagh ← Old English þēah ← Proto-West Germanic *þauh
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*all
  5. Old Englisheall
  6. Proto-Indo-European*to-
  7. Proto-Germanic*þau
  8. Proto-Germanic*þauh
  9. Proto-West Germanic*þauh
  10. Old Englishþēah
  11. Middle Englishalthagh
  12. English todayalthough

From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though.

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