Etymology

somehow

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Today it means: In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means Full definition →

English how ← Middle English how ← Old English hū
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The story

  1. Englishsome
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  4. Proto-Germanic*hwō
  5. Old Englishhū
  6. Middle Englishhow
  7. Englishhow
  8. English todaysomehow

From some + how.

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