Etymology

wherever

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Today it means: Where ever; an emphatic form of where. Full definition →

English ever ← Middle English ever ← Old English ǣfre
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  11. Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
  12. Proto-West Germanic*aiw
  13. Old Englishā
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  15. Proto-Germanic*in
  16. Proto-West Germanic*in
  17. Old Englishin
  18. Proto-Indo-European*perkʷ-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*pérkus
  20. Proto-Germanic*ferhuzder.?
  21. Proto-Germanic*ferhwą
  22. Proto-West Germanic*ferh
  23. Old Englishfeorh
  24. Old Englishǣfre
  25. Middle Englishever
  26. Englishever
  27. English todaywherever

From where + -ever.

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