whither

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

aonde

para onde

onde

Oposto de

whence

Sinônimos

where

where ... to

whereto

where to

whence

whereabouts

which way

destination

in which place

to where

whereaway

whereabout

Traduções

où

wohin

waarheen

dove

nereye

quo

adonde

adónde

που

werwaarts

waar ... naar toe

dónde

a dónde

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈwɪðə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: whider

Herdado de inglês arcaico: hwider

Cognato com inglês médio: hwiþa

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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).