th-

prefix

The.

“th- + old → thold”

Meanings

prefix
  1. obsoleteThe.

    th- + old → thold

    3 more examples

    th- + art → thart

    th- + other → thother

    Note therfore that Czar in the Ruthens tounge signifieth a kynge, wheras in the language of the Slauons, Pollons, Bohemes, and other, the same woorde Czar, signifieth Cesar by whiche name Themperours haue byn commonly cauled.

    1555, Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, translated by Richard Eden, The decades of the newe worlde or west India, London: William Powell, page 290

Origin

  1. Middle Englishth-
  2. Englishth-

Inherited from Middle English th-.

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APA

th-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/th-

MLA

“th-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/th-. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “th-,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/th-.

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