Where does “anyhows” come from?
anyhows (English) comes from English anyhow, from English how, from Middle English how, from Old English hū, from Proto-Germanic hwō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
anyhows (English): anyhow
Definitions
- anyhow
Ancestry of “anyhows”, step by step
anyhows traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anyhow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anyhow | In any way or manner whatever; In any case. Used... |
| 2 | English | how | To what degree; In what manner; In what state |
| 3 | Middle English | how | how |
| 4 | Old English | hū | how |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwō | how, with what, by what means; instrumental of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷís | — |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |