потому

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Russian

Etymology

Univerbation of the preposition по (po, according to) + тому́ (tomú), dative singular of тот (tot, that).

Pronunciation

Adverb

потому́ (potomú)

  1. therefore, because of that, consequently
    Synonyms: поэ́тому (poétomu), сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno)
    и потому́
    i potomú
    and consequently

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Adverb

пото́му (potómu)

  1. (colloquial) later
    Synonym: по́тім (pótim)