different between whereabout vs whereto

whereabout

English

Etymology

where +? about

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???????ba?t/, /?w?????ba?t/

Adverb

whereabout (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) About which; concerning which.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
      the object whereabout they are conversant
  2. About where. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • whereabouts

See also

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whereto

English

Etymology

From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where +? to.

Adverb

whereto (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
  2. (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?
  3. (archaic, relative) To which.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.

Synonyms

  • whereunto
  • whither

Translations

See also

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