desto.
the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
Meaning & usage
the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
Je mehr, desto besser!
Je eher, desto besser!
used instead of je in the je ... desto construction
Desto mehr, desto besser
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German deste, from Old High German deste, theste, a contraction of des diu, respectively the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die. The form ending in -o was by analogy to other adverbs and pronouns ending in -o in use in chancellery language, e.g. dero, jetzo, bishero.
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