Though Definition
(degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
Origin of Though
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From Middle English thaugh, thagh, from Old English þēah (“ though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether"), later superseded in many dialects by Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó); both from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though"), from Proto-Indo-European *to-. Akin to Scots thoch (“though"), Saterland Frisian dach (“though"), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though"), Dutch doch (“though"), German doch (“though"), Swedish dock (“however, still"), Icelandic þó (“though"). More at that.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English of Scandinavian origin to- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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