whereto
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to.
Adverb
editwhereto (not comparable)
- (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
- (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?
- (archaic, relative) To which.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editto what place; whither
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See also
edit- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
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