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whereto

Where it comes from

From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to.

adverb

archaic, interrogative, not comparable To what; to which place, whither?
interrogative, not comparable, obsolete To what end; wherefore?
archaic, not comparable, relative To which. According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.

Similar: whereunto, whither

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adverb

Similar: whereunto, whither

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adv to what place; whither

Español	adónde
Português	aonde
Deutsch	wohin

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@misc{whereto_2026,
  title = {whereto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whereto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}