Secundus: June 19, 2007: Etiamsi
etiamsi
Definition: although, even if
Sentence: Etiamsi Pyramus putavit Thisbem mortua esse, Thisbe adhuc vixit.
Although Pyramus thought that Thisbe was dead, Thisbe still lived.
Derivation: This word, like many Latin adverbs and conjunctions, is made up of many smaller words added together. E.g., this is et + iam + si, or and now if (which is a little bit like even if.....).
*Bold and underlined = macron