though
要点…にもかかわらず、たとえ…でも、もっとも…ではあるが
意味
- …にもかかわらず,…だけれども(although)
- たとえ…でも
- 《補足的に主節の後に置いて》もっとも…ではあるが
例文
Even though they love each other, they broke up.
彼らは好き同士なのに別れました。
Even though it's small, it's a great restaurant.
小さいながらも素晴らしいレストランなんです。
They didn't stop working though they were tired.
彼らは疲れていたけれども、仕事をやめなかった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
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