though: [12] English borrowed though from Old Norse thōh, and by the end of the 15th century it had virtually wiped out the related native form, which went back to Old English thēah. Both came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb formed from the demonstrative base *tha- (source also of English that, there, etc) and a suffix meaning ‘and’. Modern Germanic relatives include German and Dutch doch. => the
though (adv., conj.)
c. 1200, from Old English teah "though, although, even if, however, nevertheless, although, still, yet;" and in part from Old Norse to "though," both from Proto-Germanic *thaukh (cognates: Gothic tauh, Old Frisian thach, Middle Dutch, Dutch doch, Old High German doh, German doch), from PIE demonstrative pronoun *to- (see that). The evolution of the terminal sound did not follow laugh, tough, etc., though a tendency to end the word in "f" existed c. 1300-1750 and persists in dialects.
例文
1. Though his background was modest,it was in no sense deprived.
彼は家が普通だが、貧しいわけではない。
2.The company treated me as though I were skiving.
会社の私に対する態度は、まるで私が出勤していた時に脱走したかのようだ。
3.His most prized time， though ，will be spent quietly on his farm.
しかし、彼の最も貴重な時間は自分の農場で穏やかに過ごすだろう。
4. Though Sybbis complained bitterly，Mama would not let up on her.
シービースが大きく文句を言っても、母は彼女を一馬も放さない。
5.Her nostrils were pinkish，as though she had a cold.