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Where does “thereanent” come from?

thereanent (English) comes from English anent, from Middle English anent, from Old English onemn, from Old English enm, from Translingual en, from English ethylenediamine, from English diamine, from English amine.

thereanent (English): Concerning that; relating to that; thereabout

Definitions

  1. Concerning that; relating to that; thereabout

Ancestry of “thereanent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanentConcerning, with regard to, about, in respect to,...
2Middle Englishanent—
3Old Englishonemnby; near
4Old Englishenm—
5Translingualen—
6EnglishethylenediamineThe diamine NH-CH-CH-NH that is used in organic...
7EnglishdiamineAny compound containing two amino functional...
8EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
9English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
10French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
11French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
12Middle French-é—
13Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
14Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
15Proto-Italic-ā—
16Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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