whither

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Interrogative senses.
2. (also, figuratively, humorous, not-comparable) Interrogative senses.
3. (not-comparable) Relative senses.
4. (not-comparable) Relative senses.
5. (not-comparable) Relative senses.

Noun

A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.

Verb

1. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially, transitive) To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
2. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially, transitive) To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
3. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially, intransitive) To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
4. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially, intransitive) To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
5. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially, intransitive) Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.

Noun

1. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially) A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
2. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially) A forceful blow or hit.
3. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially) An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
4. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially) The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
5. (British, Scotland, dialectal, especially) A gust of wind; a bluster.

Oposat a

whence

Sinònims

where

where ... to

whereto

where to

whence

whereabouts

which way

destination

in which place

to where

whereaway

whereabout

Traduccions

où

wohin

waarheen

dove

adonde

nereye

quo

adónde

aonde

para onde

που

werwaarts

waar

quō

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪðə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: whider

Heretat de anglès antic: hwider

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: hwiþa

Cognat amb anglès antic: hwiþa

In summary

From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“what; which”), from *kʷ- (the primary interrogative root).