whither.
Interrogative senses.
Meaning & usage
Interrogative senses. To what place; where.
Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?
Interrogative senses. To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
Relative senses. To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
Relative senses. To the place in or to which.
Relative senses. In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.
Where this word comes from
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).
A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
Where this word comes from
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).
To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.
Where this word comes from
The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”). Related to Middle English hwiþa, whyȝt (“breeze; wind”), Old English hwiþa, hwiþu, hweoþu (“breeze”). The noun is derived from the verb.
A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
A forceful blow or hit.
An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
A gust of wind; a bluster.
Where this word comes from
The verb is borrowed from Scots whidder, whither (“(of the wind) to bluster; to move quickly”), a frequentative form of whid (“(of wind) to gust; to move quickly”), of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”). Related to Middle English hwiþa, whyȝt (“breeze; wind”), Old English hwiþa, hwiþu, hweoþu (“breeze”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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