whereto

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From where +‎ to.

AdverbEdit

whereto (not comparable)

1. (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
2. (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; why?
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.

SynonymsEdit

• whither

TranslationsEdit

to what place; whither

• German: wohin (de)
• Ido: adube (io)
• Latin: quō (la)

• Maori: ki hea
• Spanish: adónde (es)
• Swedish: vart (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 alsoEdit

• thereabout, thereabouts, thereacross, thereafter, thereagainst, thereamong, therearound, thereatop, thereas, thereat, thereaway, therebefore, therebetween, therebehind, therebeside, therebeyond, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinto, thereinafter, thereinbefore, thereinunder, thereof, thereon, thereout, thereover, therethrough, therethroughout, thereto, theretoward, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal, therewithin, therewhile, therewhilst
• hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith
• whereabout, whereas, whereafter, whereagainst, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal