thro

See also: thro' and -þro

English

Etymology 1

• Abbreviation of through.

Preposition

thro

1. (archaic) through
   • 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI

     He the Red Sea rebuk'd also,
     That it updrying fled:
     As thro a desert dry to go,
     Them thro the deeps He led.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”).

Alternative forms

• throe

Adjective

thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)

1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement.
2. (obsolete) Bold.

Anagrams

• Thor, Roth, hotr, orth-, thor, hotṛ

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θroː/

Noun

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Verb

thro

1. Aspirate mutation of tro.

Mutation

Mutated forms of tro

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tro	dro	nhro	thro

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.