Meanings
- formalnot comparableTo that.
'There,' she went on, 'it [a scarab] must be one like it, and yet never did I see one like it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much.[']
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Ayesha Unveils”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 157 - archaicnot comparablepoeticTo it.
He strung the angelot; / Made rhymes thereto; […]
1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Fourth”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 1541 more example
A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.
c. 1955-1956 (written, published c. 1997), Jack Kerouac, Some of the Dharma
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto that
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Origin
- Old Englishþǣrtō“thereto”
- Middle Englishtherto
- Englishthereto
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian освен това
- освен това (osven tova)translation
Danish dertil
- dertiltranslation
Dutch daaraan
- daaraantranslation
Finnish siihen, tuohon
- siihentranslation
- tuohontranslation
Hungarian hozzá, ahhoz
- hozzátranslation
- ahhoztranslation
- rátranslation
- arratranslation
Spanish al respecto
- al respectotranslation
Swedish därtill
- därtilltranslation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thereto
All rhymes →Cite this entry
thereto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereto
“thereto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thereto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereto.
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