Etymology

wheretoward

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Today it means: Toward which. Full definition →

English toward ← Middle English wher ← Old English hwǣr
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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. Englishtoward
  11. English todaywheretoward

From where- + toward.

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