Where does “thereunto” come from?
Thereunto derives from English there, from Middle English ther, from Middle English þeir, from Proto-Germanic þar, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European terp-, trep-, and terp- to the root só.
thereunto (English): thereto
Ancestry of “thereunto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 2 | Old English | þær | there |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |