Where does “thereto” come from?
Thereto comes from Old English þǣrtō, a compound of þǣr (there) and tō (to), meaning to that place or in addition to that.
thereto (English): To that; To it
Ancestry of “thereto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | therto | — |
| 2 | Old English | þǣrtō | thereto |