whereto
Americanconjunction
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Archaic. to what or what place or end.
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to which.
adverb
pronoun
Etymology
Origin of whereto
First recorded in 1175–1225, whereto is from the Middle English word wherto. See where, to
Example Sentences
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Now the tryst even has its own whereto literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
He put back on his salt-crusted clothes, for there was not enough water to wash them, and going out into the grey windy morning looked over this place whereto the shadow had tricked him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
When he left it again he wore a heavy dark-blue cloak, the gift of the township of Low Torning, whereto he was bound, for they wanted a wizard there.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
No star to show us whereto; But ice on our hearts grown gray, And in the moon linen blue.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
Speak no such word whereto mischance is kin.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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