From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
Meanings
(attributive, not-comparable) Being so at that time.
He had met his then girlfriend when he had just started university. The relationship ended unhappily when the girlfriend complained that he never wanted to go out. 2011, Alessandra Lemma, Mary Target, Peter Fonagy, Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: A Clinician's Guide, page 124:
It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck. 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations. 2022 May 8, Katie Lobosco, “Trump’s trade war looms over soybean farmers 4 years later”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2024:
Four years ago, 57 million tuned in to the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle between Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence. 2024 October 2, Brian Stelter, “43 million watched Walz-Vance VP debate, in significant drop from 2020 matchup”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2025:
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ja そのとき (being so at that time) · ja 当時 (being so at that time) · da daværende (being so at that time) · ro but see de atunci (being so at that time) · nn dåværande (being so at that time) · pt então (being so at that time) · ru тогда́шний (being so at that time) · ja その時点 (being so at that time) · zza wıni bı (being so at that time) · sv dåvarande (being so at that time) · ka მაშინდელი (being so at that time) · fr d'alors (being so at that time) · he דְּאָז (being so at that time) · es de entonces (being so at that time) · nl toenmalig (being so at that time) · eo tiama (being so at that time) · de damalig (being so at that time) · nb daværende (being so at that time) · fi silloinen (being so at that time) · bg тогавашен (being so at that time) · tr o zamanki (being so at that time) · hu akkori (being so at that time) · el αλλοτινός (being so at that time) · pl bieżący (being so at that time)
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
Meanings
(not-comparable) At that time.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,[…], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
The country was shaken by the then-recent assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, which happened against the background of profound racial tensions, stark economic inequality and growing opposition to the Vietnam War. 2022 January 21, Jacopo Prisco, “Striking photographs show ‘America in Crisis’”, in CNN:
He was happy then.
And the Canaanite was then in the land. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:6:
(not-comparable) Soon afterward.
And then came an invitation to tonight's ball.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.
Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:24:
He fixed it, then left.
(not-comparable, sequence) Next in order of place.
There are three green ones, then a blue one.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
(not-comparable) In addition; also; besides.
Another legend says that now and again in the world's history a monarch appears who conquers and rules every nation under the sun. […] Then many of the Siamese believe that the animal is inhabited by the soul of some great man of the past […] 1908, E Young, “White elephants” (chapter 17), in Peeps at Many Lands: Siam, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 75:
(conjunctive, not-comparable) In that case.
If it’s locked, then we’ll need the key.
You don’t like potatoes? What do you want me to cook, then?
Is it 12 o’clock already? Then it’s time for me to leave.
And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before
The Tavern shouted — "Open then the Door!
You know how little while we have to stay,
And, once departed, may return no more." 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, transl., The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:
That happy minute would elate me, / End all my sorrow, grief, and cares; / Then do not frown, altho' you hate me, / But smile and dissipate my fears: […] 1749, The Universal Magazine, volume 4, page 321:
(not-comparable, sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
That’s a nice shirt, but then, so is the other one.
The forms inheritress and inheritrix are used only in literature, and then but rarely.
(UK, dialectal, not-comparable, qualifier:affirmation) Used to contradict an assertion.
‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’
‘They're not then.’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They're –’
‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided. 2001, Eric Malpass, At the Height of the Moon, page 28:
de so (in that case) · ms selepas itu (next in order) · hu azután (soon afterward) · ro acum (at the same time; on the other hand) · el στην συνέχεια (soon afterward) · mt mbagħad (soon afterward) · kmr dûvre (soon afterward) · zza dıma (diq) (next in order) · hi फिर (soon afterward) · be дык (in that case) · pl również (at the same time; on the other hand) · la deinde (soon afterward) · sv sen (next in order) · ml പിന്നെ (next in order) · nl destijds (at that time) · dsb pótom (soon afterward) · sk vtedy (at that time) · de anschließend (soon afterward) · kmr peyre (soon afterward) · wa adon (soon afterward) · ru зате́м (soon afterward) · he אז (in that case) · nv índa (at that time) · twf yíane (soon afterward) · te అప్పుడు (at that time) · ru пото́м (next in order) · vi sau đó (soon afterward) · it quindi (soon afterward) · nv íídą́ą́ʼ (at that time) · la deinde (next in order) · eo tiam (at that time) · inc-mas তেবে (at that time) · cy bryd hynny (at that time) · pt então (next in order) · he אַחַר כָּךְ (soon afterward) · ur تب (at that time) · sv då (at that time) · pl (a) następnie (soon afterward) · no deretter (next in order) · vi thì (in that case) · sl potém (next in order) · grc εἶτα (soon afterward) · es de ahí/allí (next in order) · kmr hingê (at that time) · shi ⵄⴰⴷ (soon afterward) · ps بيا (in that case) · sl tedaj (at that time) · ja その後 (soon afterward) · as তেতিয়া (at that time) · pl wówczas (at that time) · it poi (soon afterward) · ja その後 (soon afterward) · ur پھر (soon afterward) · no da (at that time) · br neuze (in that case) · es luego (soon afterward) · de genauso (at the same time; on the other hand) · uk по́тім (soon afterward) · gd an dèidh làimhe (soon afterward) · ja その後 (next in order) · ko 나중에 (soon afterward) · tr o zaman (at that time) · it allora (at that time) · eo tiam (next in order) · pl to (in that case) · la contra ea (at the same time; on the other hand) · vo täno (next in order) · ar ثُمَّ (soon afterward) · kmr dûvre (next in order) · sh u tom slučaju (in that case) · id lalu (next in order) · io lore (at that time) · bg тогава (in that case) · cmn 當時 /当时 (at that time) · es de ahí/allí (soon afterward) · pl (a) potem (soon afterward) · no siden (soon afterward) · bg след това (next in order) · sv alltså (in that case) · pl także (at the same time; on the other hand) · nl eertijds (at that time) · la tunc (at that time) · pl (a) następnie (next in order) · it poi (next in order) · ms oleh sebab yang demikian (in that case) · sh dakle (in that case) · kmr wê demê (at that time) · sq atëherë (at that time) · dsb pón (soon afterward) · ar ثُمَّ (next in order) · ja だから (in that case) · ca després (soon afterward) · vi lúc ấy (at that time) · ru пото́м (soon afterward) · cs potom (next in order) · inc-oas তেতিক্ষণে (at that time) · da dengang (at that time) · es a continuación (soon afterward) · scn poi (soon afterward) · ang þā (at that time) · ar آنَذَاكَ (at that time) · kmr dûre (next in order) · hu ugyanakkor (at the same time; on the other hand) · vi xong rồi (soon afterward) · no da (in that case) · pt seguidamente (next in order) · la alioqui (at the same time; on the other hand) · hu utána (soon afterward) · io lore (soon afterward) · syl ꠔꠣꠞ ꠛꠣꠖꠦ (next in order) · hu aztán (next in order) · sw kisha (soon afterward) · hi तभी (at the same time; on the other hand) · th ตอนนั้น (at that time) · nl toen (soon afterward) · es después (next in order) · sh posle (soon afterward) · kmr wî çaxî (at that time) · ja そのとき (in that case) · be то (in that case) · pt em seguida (soon afterward) · pt daí (in that case) · de danach (soon afterward) · sv i så fall (in that case) · la igitur (in that case) · sv då (in that case) · hu viszont (at the same time; on the other hand) · cs potom (in that case) · no deretter (soon afterward) · sv å andra sidan (at the same time; on the other hand) · zza bahdo (diq) (at that time) · sv sedan (next in order) · rm alura (soon afterward) · kmr li alî dî (at the same time; on the other hand) · oc alavetz (at that time) · pt depois (next in order) · mk потоа (soon afterward) · rsk теди (at that time) · grc τόκα (at that time) · rm alura (next in order) · gld тэли (at that time) · sh након тога (soon afterward) · kum сонгра (soon afterward) · grc ἄρα (at that time) · kmr wî wextî (at that time) · sh nakon toga (soon afterward) · hi तो (in that case) · syl ꠔꠦ (in that case) · pdt donn (nds) (at that time) · ru тогда́ (in that case) · uk тоді́ (at that time) · kmr paşî (soon afterward) · sco syne (soon afterward) · fr cependant (at the same time; on the other hand) · hu másfelől (at the same time; on the other hand) · sh потом (soon afterward) · fr à cette époque-là (at that time) · ru в тако́м слу́чае (in that case) · tr ondan sonra (next in order) · sq pastaj (next in order) · pt entonces (at that time) · sl takrat (at that time) · fa بعد (soon afterward) · tr o zaman (in that case) · es después (soon afterward) · de danach (next in order) · wa mins nerén (at the same time; on the other hand) · rup atumtsea (at that time) · la exinde (soon afterward) · lmo pœu (soon afterward) · gl entón (at that time) · ar إِذًا (in that case) · ja その時点 (at that time) · no i så fall (in that case) · ca llavors (at that time) · be заты́м (soon afterward) · be тады́ (in that case) · vec po (soon afterward) · is þá (at that time) · nl dan (soon afterward) · ko 이후 (soon afterward) · lv tad (at that time) · non þá (at that time) · ja それから (next in order) · txb ṅke (next in order) · ja その時 (at that time) · gl daquela (in that case) · vi rồi (next in order) · ca aleshores (soon afterward) · lt tada (soon afterward) · cs potom (soon afterward) · pt naquele tempo (at that time) · ru по́сле (soon afterward) · es entonces (at that time) · hy ուրեմն (in that case) · gun ha'e vy (soon afterward) · hi पश्चात (soon afterward) · as তাৰ পাছত (next in order) · hy հետո (next in order) · ru тогда́ (at the same time; on the other hand) · pt ao mesmo tempo (at the same time; on the other hand) · de dann (at that time) · no den gang (at that time) · ja 次に (next in order) · zza fına zi (at the same time; on the other hand) · uk то (in that case) · ro atunci (in that case) · ga i ndiadh sin (soon afterward) · ar حِينَئِذٍ (at that time) · ja そのとき (at the same time; on the other hand) · syl ꠢꠦꠛꠟꠣ (at that time) · fr alors (at that time) · got 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 (soon afterward) · kum сонг (soon afterward) · no da (at the same time; on the other hand) · ru зате́м (next in order) · pa ਤਦ (at that time) · ist puoi (soon afterward) · no så (soon afterward) · vec può (soon afterward) · wa min nén pus (at the same time; on the other hand) · wa a ç' moumint la (at that time) · tpi orait (in that case) · zza no hal (in that case) · nl toenmalig (at that time) · ka მაშინ (at that time) · cs tehdy (at that time) · wa adon (next in order) · vi khi đó (at that time) · pl (a) potem (next in order) · non þá (soon afterward) · zza dıma (diq) (at that time) · ps بيا (next in order) · ca després (next in order) · km រួចមក (soon afterward) · ko 그 때 (at that time) · pon apw (soon afterward) · cs pak (soon afterward) · cmn 接著 /接着 (soon afterward) · km បន្ទាប់មក (soon afterward) · ka მერე (soon afterward) · wa adon-pwis (soon afterward) · no så (next in order) · es en eso (at that time) · tpi orait (soon afterward) · syl ꠔꠣꠁꠟꠦ (in that case) · pt entretanto (at the same time; on the other hand) · fr auquel cas (in that case) · ar إِذَنْ (in that case) · es entonces (in that case) · bn তখন (at that time) · ro după aceea (next in order) · wa mins non pus (at the same time; on the other hand) · wa adon (in that case) · syl ꠢꠡꠝꠄ (at that time) · cmn 那時 /那时 (at that time) · hy հետո (soon afterward) · gl daquela (at that time) · de dann (soon afterward) · bn তারপর (next in order) · gd an dèidh sin (soon afterward) · lmo pö (soon afterward) · sh pa (next in order) · la exinde (next in order) · pt então (at that time) · sv sen (soon afterward) · lt tada (at the same time; on the other hand) · fr puis (next in order) · vi vậy thì (in that case) · hu másrészt (at the same time; on the other hand) · fi niin (in that case) · gd an uair sin (next in order) · rup atuntsi (at that time) · ro după aceea (soon afterward) · as তে (in that case) · evn тэли (at that time) · sco than (at that time) · km កាលនោះ (at that time) · kmr pa (in that case) · ms tidak lama kemudian (soon afterward) · grc τότε (next in order) · got 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (at that time) · it quindi (next in order) · uk у тако́му ра́зі (in that case) · sh о̏нда̄ (at that time) · ang þā (next in order) · dlm diatremun (at that time) · pl wtedy (at that time) · kmr dûre (soon afterward) · de damals (at that time) · da da (at that time) · ruo datunče (at that time) · sv därpå (soon afterward) · sl potém (soon afterward) · eo tiam (soon afterward) · unm na (soon afterward) · km ក្រោយមក (soon afterward) · hu akkor (in that case) · kmr madem (in that case) · wa adon (at that time) · cmn 就 (next in order) · cmn 那麼 /那么 (in that case) · hu majd (next in order) · bn এরপর (next in order) · rkt সেলা (at that time) · ltg tod (at that time) · vi khi ấy (at that time) · fr puis (soon afterward) · ko 그러면 (in that case) · it allo stesso tempo (at the same time; on the other hand) · vi thế thì (in that case) · ang þā (soon afterward) · ja それから (soon afterward) · ja そして (soon afterward) · non þá (in that case) · tr eskiden (at that time) · pl wówczas (in that case) · bg тога́ва (at that time) · de gleichermaßen (at the same time; on the other hand) · hi उपरांत (soon afterward) · sv sedan (soon afterward) · km ពេលនោះ (at that time) · sv samtidigt (at the same time; on the other hand) · dsb pón (at that time) · rkt তাৰ পাছোত (next in order) · nan-hbl 紲落去 /绁落去 (soon afterward) · dsb pótom (at that time) · cmn 然後 /然后 (next in order) · lb dunn (soon afterward) · pt naquela época (at that time) · sv så (soon afterward) · sh onda (in that case) · fi silloin (at that time) · be тады́ (at that time) · sh ȍndā (at that time) · ca llavors (in that case) · fr en même temps (at the same time; on the other hand) · es a continuación (next in order) · qu hinaspa (in that case) · vi lúc đó (at that time) · as তেন্তে (in that case) · qu hinaspa (next in order) · sh послије (soon afterward) · kmr de (in that case) · ca mentrestant (at the same time; on the other hand) · gl tamén (at the same time; on the other hand) · la autem (at the same time; on the other hand) · nl dan (next in order) · he אָז (at that time) · ml എങ്കിൽ (in that case) · kmr piştre (next in order) · grc ἔπειτε (soon afterward) · nl trouwens (at the same time; on the other hand) · vi rồi (soon afterward) · sh затим (soon afterward) · kmr piştre (soon afterward) · tyz le̱ (in that case) · pt depois (soon afterward) · yi דעמאָלט (in that case) · ko 그때 (at that time) · eo tamen (at the same time; on the other hand) · be у такі́м ра́зе (in that case) · ms pada masa yang sama (at that time) · vi rồi đến (next in order) · ro atunci (at that time) · as তেনেহ’লে (in that case) · nl toen (at that time) · ps بيا (soon afterward) · bho तब (at that time) · twf yíane (next in order) · fi sitten (next in order) · inc-oas তেবে (at that time) · eo tiam (in that case) · kmr peyre (next in order) · id lalu (soon afterward) · mi kātahi (soon afterward) · ary من بعد (soon afterward) · wa pu (soon afterward) · gd ma-tà (in that case) · hu akkor (at that time) · lt tada (at that time) · zza demena (soon afterward) · sk potom (soon afterward) · cmn 接著 /接着 (next in order) · hu aztán (soon afterward) · ro apoi (next in order) · id saat itu (at that time) · pt então (soon afterward) · fi toisaalta (at the same time; on the other hand) · la deinde (at that time) · hi तत्पश्चात् (next in order) · ro apoi (soon afterward) · nap tanno (at that time) · zza coy ra (at the same time; on the other hand) · oc aprèp (next in order) · km ដូច្នេះ (in that case) · mk тогаш (at that time) · km អញ្ចឹង (in that case) · de dann (in that case) · rsk вецка (at that time) · zza wexto (at that time) · gl entón (in that case) · pt simultaneamente (at the same time; on the other hand) · fa پس (at that time) · sh doduše (at the same time; on the other hand) · pt nesse caso (in that case) · nv índa (next in order) · pt então (in that case) · tr o hâlde (in that case) · es luego (next in order) · el τότε (at that time) · la tum (at that time) · sh poslije (Ijkavian) (soon afterward) · gd an uair sin (at that time) · tr bir zamanlar (at that time) · eo poste (soon afterward) · hi तब (at that time) · fa پس (in that case) · pt sequencialmente (next in order) · kmr li milê din (at the same time; on the other hand) · nb på den annen side (at the same time; on the other hand) · sq pastaj (soon afterward) · ja その後 (next in order) · uk тоді́ (in that case) · grc ἄρα (next in order) · hu majd (soon afterward) · sh tàdā (at that time) · la tunc (in that case) · sh после (soon afterward) · sh potom (soon afterward) · syl ꠔꠣꠞ ꠙꠞꠦ (next in order) · gd a-rèist (in that case) · wa dabôrd (in that case) · cs pak (in that case) · fa سپس (soon afterward) · ca al mateix temps (at the same time; on the other hand) · wa adon-après (soon afterward) · nl dan (in that case) · kmr paşî (next in order) · ur تو (in that case) · gun ha'e gui (soon afterward) · cs pak (next in order) · pdt dan (soon afterward) · ltg tūlaik (at that time) · be у такі́м вы́падку (in that case) · th แล้วก็ (soon afterward) · gd ma-thà (in that case) · vi hồi đó (at that time) · ru тогда́ (at that time) · la tum (in that case) · az sonra (soon afterward) · vi rồi tới (next in order) · kmr wê gavê (at that time) · sh та̀да̄ (at that time) · it allora (in that case) · rkt তাহালে (in that case) · cmn 便 (in that case) · fi sitten (soon afterward) · ru то (in that case) · ka კვლავ (soon afterward) · ca llavors (soon afterward) · tr öyleyse (in that case) · fr alors (in that case) · bg после (soon afterward) · wa après (next in order) · fr ensuite (soon afterward) · tr sonra (soon afterward) · lt tada (in that case) · grc τότε (at that time) · ang þā (in that case) · zza solığna (soon afterward) · cmn 就 (in that case) · rsk вец (at that time) · sh zatim (soon afterward) · ga ansin (at that time) · txb ṅke (soon afterward) · pt daí (next in order) · grc ἔπειτα (next in order)
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder. 1611, Joseph Hall, “Epistle VIII. To E.B. Dedicated to Sir George Goring.”, in Epistles […], volume III, London: […] [William Stansby and William Jaggard] for Samuell Macham, […], →OCLC, 5th decade, pages 95–96:
[…]his hand, more ſad [i.e., heavy, hard] then lomp of lead,[…] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 299:
Clow[ne]. O they haue lyud long on the almſbaſket of wordes. I maruaile thy M.hath not eaten thee for a worde, for thou art not ſo long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: Thou art eaſier ſwallowed then a flapdragon. c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
And as a Pible caſt into a Spring, / Wee ſee a ſort of trembling cirkles riſe, / One forming other in theyr iſſuing / Till ouer all the Fount they circulize, / So this perpetuall-motion-making kiſſe, / Is propagate through all my faculties, / And makes my breaſt an endleſſe Fount of bliſſe, / Of which, if Gods could drink, theyr matchleſſe fare / Would make them much more bleſſed then they are. 1595, Ouids Banquet of Sence. A Coronet for his Miſtreſſe Philoſophie, and his amorous Zodiacke. VVith a tranſlation of a Latine coppie, written by a Fryer, Anno Dom. 1400, London: I. R. for Richard Smith:
From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-West Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“demonstrative pronoun, that”).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then”), German dann (“then”), Swedish då (“then”), Icelandic þá (“then”). Doublet of than.
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That time.
It will be finished before then.
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nl die tijd (that time) · fi se (that time) · zza a çerğ (that time) · bg това време (that time) · es entonces (that time) · ro atunci (that time) · pt então (that time)