Meanings
adverbwhereto (not comparable)
- interrogativenot comparableobsoleteTo what end; wherefore?
- archaicnot comparablerelativeTo which.
According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.
1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Englishwherto
- Englishwhereto
From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to.
More words from Middle English
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Ancient Greek ποῖ
- ποῖ (poî)to what place; whither
Bulgarian накъдето
- накъдето (nakădeto)to what place; whither
Finnish mihin, minne
- mihinto what place; whither
- minneto what place; whither
German wohin
- wohinto what place; whither
Hungarian hova
- hovato what place; whither
Latin quō
- quōto what place; whither
Māori ki hea
- ki heato what place; whither
Portuguese aonde
- aondeto what place; whither
Spanish adónde
- adóndeto what place; whither
Swedish vart, vartill
- vartto what place; whither
- vartillto what place; whither
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APA
whereto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereto
MLA
“whereto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whereto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whereto.
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