"Αν και."

Translation: Although.

[Snommelp]

...literally, "if and"?

Guess that's a nice reminder that conjunctions don't always translate smoothly...

[jaye16]

Exactly, as you say. :-)

[Tato_Huenupi]

In Spanish we say Aunque (It is pronounced 'Aoonke). It's curius how similar they are.

[jaye16]

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.

[joeTatt1]

Surely aunque and αν και are false cognates that happen to sound the same. This is how myths are born!

[toscho]

That's funny, because in slovak it also sounds very similar and even consists of two words. Αν και = aj keď :)

[kjades]

I was going to say the same thing, hehe.

[Stergi3]

No, different origin, aun is even, que is that

[Ramon726969]

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.

[ThomasFAustria]

The Italian "anche" seems to have the same origin