Etymology

thereat

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Today it means: There; at that place. Full definition →

Middle English thereat ← Old English þǣræt ← Proto-West Germanic *þārat
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þarat
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þārat
  3. Old English · inherited fromþǣræt
  4. Middle English · inherited fromthereat
  5. English todaythereat

From Middle English thereat, ther-at, þeratte, þerat, from Old English þǣræt, from Proto-West Germanic *þārat, from Proto-Germanic *þarat, equivalent to there + at.

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