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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: all be it 'although it may be'

albeit

 conjunction
     
al‧be‧it formal
used to add information that reduces the force or importance of what you have just said [= although]:
He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation.
Chris went with her, albeit reluctantly.
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