whom

Senso (English)

1. What person or people; which person or people.
2. What person or people; which person or people.
3. Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
4. The person(s) whom; whomever.

Synonyms

who

which

that

what

to whom

anybody

for whom

anyone

somebody

someone

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/huːm/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: whom

Inherited from inglese antico: hwām

Cognate with scozzese: wham

Cognate with tedesco: wem

Cognate with danese: hvem

Cognate with svedese: vem

In summary

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).

Frasi

His current wife is Nancy Lange , with whom he has a daughter .

La sua attuale moglie è Nancy Lange, con la quale ha una figlia.