Thus
/ðʌs/noun
In this way; therefore; as a result.
Did you know?“Thus” goes back to a Proto-Indo-European demonstrative root, the same deep ancestry behind words for ‘this’ and ‘that,’ showing how language can turn pointing into logic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*to- / *so-
“Demonstrative roots meaning roughly ‘that, this’”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þus
“In this way; so”
Old English
OE
þus
“So, in this manner”
Middle English
ME
thus
“So; in this way; therefore”
Modern English
English
thus
“In this way; therefore; as a result”