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although
- /ɔːlˈðəʊ/ UK
- /ɔlˈðoʊ/ US
- /ɑlˈðoʊ/ US, cot caught merger
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-West Germanic *all
Old English eall
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
Old English
Middle English althagh
English although
From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though.
conjunction altho · altho' · allthough
- Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession. Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
- But, except. It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
Similar: even if, albeit, even though
