"Αν και."
Translation:Although.
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...literally, "if and"?
Guess that's a nice reminder that conjunctions don't always translate smoothly...
In Spanish we say Aunque (It is pronounced 'Aoonke). It's curius how similar they are.
That is fascinating. I'll try to find the etymology.
It seems to come from Proto-Indo-European to Ancient Greek, Latin and of course Spanish and Modern Greek.
Surely aunque and αν και are false cognates that happen to sound the same. This is how myths are born!
That's funny, because in slovak it also sounds very similar and even consists of two words. Αν και = aj keď :)
Not exactly, 'aún' can be translated to English as: even, though, yet, still... depending on the context. "Aunque" originated as a contraction of "aún que" and means something like "even though". But yes, certainly different origin, sort of a false cognate, although the convergence is interesting.
No. The Italian “anche” likely comes from the provezale “ancui” (or “ancoi”) which in turn derived from the Latin “hanc”, which is the common origin of several Italian adverbs. Plus, while αν και means “although”, “anche” means “also” or “too”, as in “anche io” (me too).