Etymograph

English

throughout

Throughout comes from the Old English phrase þurh ūt, a compound of through + out.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150þurh ūt1‘through out’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1560throughout1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English throughout
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1560, John Bourchier: “His spere went clene thrughout hys body, and so…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150þurh ūtWiktionary, English throughout‘through out’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1560throughoutWiktionary, English throughout. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1560, John Bourchier: “His spere went clene thrughout hys body, and so…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to pass through’

enter, trans, avatar, tram, tranquillity, tardy, torus, sarai, 20 more

through Old English þurh ‘through’

thorough, 1 more

Today it means

prep In every part of; all through.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “throughout”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old English þurh ūt / throughout

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