Where does “thereabove” come from?

thereabove (English) comes from English above, from Middle English aboven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp.

thereabove (English): Above that: above it

Definitions

  1. Above that: above it

Ancestry of “thereabove”, step by step

thereabove traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English above

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabovePhysically over; on top of; worn on top of, said...
2Middle Englishabovenabove
3Old Englishābufanabove
4Old Englishbufanabove
5Proto-West Germanic*biobanā—
6Proto-West Germanic*obanāfrom above
7Proto-Germanicubanēfrom above
8Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
9Proto-Germanicubunder
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via English there

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
2Old Englishþærthere
3Proto-West Germanicþārthere
4Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
5Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →