Etymology

whereat

W4H4E1R1E1A1T1

Today it means: At (the place or point) which; towards which. Full definition →

English at ← Middle English at ← Old English æt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Germanic*hwaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*hwar
  5. Proto-West Germanic*hwār
  6. Old Englishhwǣr
  7. Middle Englishwher
  8. Englishwhere
  9. Englishwhere-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Germanic*at
  12. Old Englishæt
  13. Middle Englishat
  14. Englishat
  15. English todaywhereat

From where- + at.

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