whereunto
English
Etymology
From where + unto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛːɹʌnˈtuː/
Adverb
whereunto (not comparable)
- (archaic or formal, sometimes interrogative) Unto what or which; to what purpose.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XVIII:
- I will retire as soon as you have told
- Whereunto leadeth this lost thread of gold.
- a. 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, An Introduction to a Breviary of the History of England […]
- […] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XVIII:
Synonyms
- whereto
Conjunction
whereunto
- (archaic or formal) unto which
See also
Here-, there-, and where- words
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): whereamongst
- (around): therearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal