1740, from any + how (adv.). Unlike the cases of most other any + (interrogative) compounds, there is no record of it in Old or Middle English. Emphatic form any old how is recorded from 1900, American English.
双语例句
1. "Anyhow," she added briskly, "it's none of my business."
“不管怎样”，她轻松地补充说，“这不关我的事。”
来自柯林斯例句
2. Mother certainly won't let him stay with her and anyhow he wouldn't.
