whatsoever

[hwuht-soh-ev-er, hwot-, wuht-, wot-]

pronoun, adjective

(an intensive form of whatever): whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever.

Origin of whatsoever

1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to what so whatever (Old English swā hwæt swā) + ever ever

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British Dictionary definitions for what-soever

whatsoever

adjective

(postpositive) at all: used as an intensifier with indefinite pronouns and determiners such as none, any, no one, anybody, etc

pronoun

an archaic word for whatever

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Word Origin and History for what-soever

whatsoever

pron.

mid-13c., quuat-so-euere; see what + soever.