Through
/θruː/noun
Moving in one side and out the other, or from beginning to end.
Did you know?Through descends from Old English þurh, a word so old it can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European idea of piercing or crossing through something.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*terh₂-
“to cross over, pass through, pierce”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þurh / *þurh-
“through, by means of, across”
Old English
OE
þurh
“through, throughout, by means of”
Middle English
ME
thurgh / thorw
“through, throughout”
Modern English
English
through
“from one side or end to the other; from beginning to end”