Where does “thereon” come from?

Thereon comes from English on, Japanese 音読み, Japanese 音 meaning "sound," Proto-Indo-European wen-, terp-, trep-, terp-, and aukw-.

thereon (English): on that

Definitions

  1. on that

Ancestry of “thereon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþæronthereon
2Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
3Proto-West Germanicanaon
4Proto-Germanic*an—
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →