thro

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preposition

through

OriginMiddle English thro ← Old Norse þrár ← Proto-Germanic *þrawaz →
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Meanings

thro1

preposition
  1. archaicthrough

    As thro a desert dry to go,

    1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI He the Red Sea rebuk'd also, That it updrying fled

thro2

adjectivethro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

comparative more thro · superlative most thro · alternative throe

  1. obsoleteEager; earnest; vehement.
  2. obsoleteBold.

Origin

thro · preposition

* Abbreviation of through.

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thro · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ter-“to grind, drill, turn”
  2. Proto-Germanic*þrawaz“obstinate”
  3. Old Norseþrár“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”
  4. Middle Englishthro
  5. Englishthro

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Roththorhotr
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APA

thro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thro

MLA

“thro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thro.

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