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wheretoward

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kw-
Proto-Indo-European *kwís
Proto-Germanic *hwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-r
Proto-Germanic *-r
Proto-Germanic *hwar
Proto-West Germanic *hwār
Old English hwǣr
Middle English wher
English where
English where-
English toward
English wheretoward

    From where- + toward .

    Conjunction

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    wheretoward

    1. (archaic ) Toward which.
      • 2003, Katherine Tingley (ed.)
        [Y]ou shall see in front of you the Golden Age for a goal, wheretoward you shall labor and struggle.
      • 1897, Aymer Vallance, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        But for this statement one would have believed that the choice of style could only have been one of those audacious whims wheretoward youthfulness, prone to paradox, will sometimes be drawn.
      • 1872, George Savage-Armstrong, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        Ye work / Athwart your kings, forecasting overthrows / Wheretoward ye toil, armed with the potent spell / Of that mysterious union which ye claim [...]

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