hereto
/ˌhɪɹˈtuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
To here; to this.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "I, A. B., do solemnly swear and attest that the account hereto annexed is true and right..."
- "Which the rather / We shall be bless'd to do, if he remember / A kinder value of the people than / He hath hereto priz'd them at."
- "Lords had not been frequent among her acquaintance hereto."
- "c. 1980, Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), How I Came to Islam I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness."
Etymology
From Middle English hereto, herto, equivalent to here + to.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hereto,herto
Usage
Phrases
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form