whither

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

où

Opposé de

whence

Synonymes

where

where ... to

whereto

where to

whence

whereabouts

which way

destination

in which place

to where

whereaway

whereabout

Traductions

wohin

waarheen

dove

nereye

adonde

adónde

quo

που

aonde

para onde

werwaarts

onde

dónde

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɪðə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: whider

Hérité de ancien anglais: hwider

Appartenant à moyen anglais: hwiþa

Appartenant à ancien anglais: 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).