Where does “તો” come from?

તો (Gujarati) comes from Old Gujarati तउ, from Sanskrit ततस् — from there.

તો (Gujarati): then, so; an emphatic particle, can be treated as...

Definitions

  1. then, so; an emphatic particle, can be treated as...

Ancestry of “તો”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Gujaratiतउ—
2Sanskritततस्from there
Every word from Sanskrit ततस् →Every word from Old Gujarati तउ →
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