Etymology

thereto

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Middle English therto ← Old English þǣrtō
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  1. Old English · inherited fromþǣrtō“thereto”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtherto
  3. English todaythereto

From Middle English therto, from Old English þǣrtō (“thereto”), equivalent to there + to. Cognate with Scots tharto, thereto (“thereto”), Saterland Frisian deertou (“thereto”), West Frisian dêrta (“thereto”), Dutch daartoe (“thereto; for that”), German Low German daarto (“to that; for that; thereto”), German dazu (“to that; for that; thereto”).

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