although

conj

Etymology: Etymology tree 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.

1. 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.”

   “The patients, (al)though getting stronger, will not come off their medications.”

2. But, except.

   “It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.”