köken: Compound of aller (genitive plural of alle (“all”)) + Dings (genitive singular of Ding (“thing”)) (compare schlechterdings). Before the 19th century, the full form aller Dinge (“of all things”), with the plural Dinge, was used.
Es wird allerdings die Vermutung ausgesprochen...
Ich würde gerne zu deiner Party kommen, allerdings habe ich keine Zeit.
in spite of, despite, regardless of, notwithstanding, although
köken: Cognate with Tatar карамастан (qaramastan), Kazakh қарамастан (qaramastan), Uzbek qaramasdan, Uyghur قارىماستىن (qarimastin, “despite, notwistanding”).
Эстән янып-көйөүгә ҡарамаҫтан, кисерештәренең тамсыһын да иренә күрһәтергә ашыҡманы.
Univerbation of non + obstant, Old French participle of obster (“to obstruct, stand in the way of”), from Old French non obstant. Akin to Italian nonostante, Spanish no obstante and Portuguese não obstante. Compare also Dutch niettegenstaande and English notwithstanding for a similar construction.