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Where does “thereof” come from?

Thereof comes from Old English þǣrof, a compound of þǣr (there) and of (of), meaning "of that" or "of it."

thereof (English): Of this, that or it; From that circumstance or...

Definitions

  1. Of this, that or it; From that circumstance or...

Ancestry of “thereof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthereof—
2Old Englishþǣrof—
Every word from Old English þǣrof →