toutefois
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French toutesfoys, from the plurals toutes and fois. In Old French, the adverb was totesvoies (from voie (“way”)), closer to Italian tuttavia.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
toutefois
Further reading edit
- “toutefois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.