elsewhom
English
editEtymology
editFrom else + whom. Attested since 1542,[1] but rare;[2] modern uses seem like nonces patterned on elsewhere.
Pronoun
editelsewhom
- (rare) Someone else, anyone else.
- Synonym: elsewho
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:elsewhom.
Usage notes
edit- In most (of the small total number of) uses, elsewhom functions as an object, like whom; however, like who (nominally a subject pronoun), elsewho also functions as an object or subject.
Related terms
edit- see elsewhere
References
edit- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “else”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.