whereto

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where +‎ to.

Adverb

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whereto (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
  2. (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?
  3. (archaic, relative) To which.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.

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Translations

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See also

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Here-, there-, and where- words

Anagrams

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