Where does “whereon” come from?
Whereon derives from English on, from Japanese 音読み and Japanese 音, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wen-, óynos, -r, óynos, and aukw-.
whereon (English): On which, on what
Ancestry of “whereon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | wheron | — |