Where does “اگرچہ” come from?
اگرچہ (Urdu) comes from Persian اگرچه, from Persian چه, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩, from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...
اگرچہ (Urdu): although; even
Ancestry of “اگرچہ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | اگرچه | although |
| 2 | Persian | چه | because; what?; Suffix which forms the diminutive |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭩 | what; because |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷis | interrogative, relative stem; who, what;... |