whereto

English

Etymology

From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where +‎ to.

Adverb

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.

Synonyms

• whereunto
• whither

Translations

to what place; whither

• Bulgarian: накъдето (nakǎdeto)
• Finnish: mihin (fi), minne (fi)
• German: wohin (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ποῖ (poî)

• Hungarian: hova (hu)
• Ido: adube (io)
• Latin: quō (la)
• Maori: ki hea
• Portuguese: aonde (pt)
• Spanish: adónde (es)
• Swedish: vart (sv), vartill (sv)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} waartoe (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} auquel (fr), ^{(please verify)} à laquelle (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} auxquels (fr) m pl, ^{(please verify)} à laquelle (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} auxquels (fr) m pl, ^{(please verify)} auxquelles (fr) f pl

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (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

 

Anagrams

• Etherow, throwee