English

although

/ɔːlˈðəʊ/
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

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    Origin

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

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishalthagh
      • derivedOld Englishcompound
    • surface analysisEnglishall “Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoti…”
    • surface analysisEnglishthough “Despite that; however.”

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