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Where does “thous” come from?

thous (Middle English) comes from Old English þus, from Proto-West Germanic þus — thus, in this way.

Ancestry of “thous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþusthus, in this way
2Proto-West Germanicþusthus, in this way

Words derived from “thous”

  • thus
  • thusly
  • thusness
  • thuswise
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