wheretoward

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conjunction

Toward which.

OriginEnglish toward ← Middle English wher ← Old English hwǣr →
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Meanings

conjunction
  1. archaicToward which.

    [Y]ou shall see in front of you the Golden Age for a goal, wheretoward you shall labor and struggle.

    2003, Katherine Tingley (ed.)
    2 more examples

    But for this statement one would have believed that the choice of style could only have been one of those audacious whims wheretoward youthfulness, prone to paradox, will sometimes be drawn.

    1897, Aymer Vallance, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

    Ye work / Athwart your kings, forecasting overthrows / Wheretoward ye toil, armed with the potent spell / Of that mysterious union which ye claim […]

    1872, George Savage-Armstrong, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin

  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. Englishwheretoward

From where- + toward.

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Cite this entry
APA

wheretoward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheretoward

MLA

“wheretoward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheretoward. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheretoward,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheretoward.

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