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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thother.
Contraction
thother
- (obsolete) Contraction of the other.
1562–1565 (date written), Thomas Smyth [i.e., Thomas Smith], “The Diuision of the Parts and Persons of the Common Wealth”, in De Republica Anglorum. The Maner of Gouernement or Policie of the Realme of England, , London: Henrie Midleton for Gregorie Seton, published 1583, →OCLC, pages 19–20:Another the like was among the Romanes of Patricij & plebes, thone [the one] ſtriuing with thother a long time, the patricij many yeares excluding the plebes from bearing rule, vntill at laſt all magiſtrates were made cõmon [common] betweene thẽ [them]: […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 7:But th'other halfe did womans ſhape retaine, / Moſt lothſom, filthie, foule, and full of vile diſdaine.
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Middle English
Contraction
thother
- the other