Part of speech: adverb, conjunction
1) so, in this / that way; 2) as; swá … swá as ... more; swá-swá so as; just as; so that (also swé, swǽ)
Etymology
[Mod E SO ← Prot-Germ *swa-, *swō-; Goth swa; O Fris sā, sō; O Sax sō; Dt zoo; OHG sō (Mod G so); O Icelsvá (Mod Icel svo); Sw så ← Indo-Europ *suō-; Anc Gr ὥς “so, in this manner”; Lat si, suād “so, in this manner”; Osc svaí]
