How do you pronounce thereto?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌðɛɚˈtuː/.

Where does thereto come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

thereto

/ˌðɛɚˈtuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: there-to
IPA: /ˌðɛɚˈtuː/

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Meaning

adv

To that.

Formal

adv

To it.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"'There,' she went on, 'it [a scarab] must be one like it, and yet never did I see one like it, for thereto hung a history, and he who wore it prized it much.[']"
"He strung the angelot; / Made rhymes thereto; […]"
"A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be."

Etymology

From Middle English therto, from Old English þǣrtō (“thereto”), equivalent to there + to. Cognate with Scots tharto, thereto (“thereto”), Saterland Frisian deertou (“thereto”), West Frisian dêrta (“thereto”), Dutch daartoe (“thereto; for that”), German Low German daarto (“to that; for that; thereto”), German dazu (“to that; for that; thereto”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: therto, þǣrtō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌðɛɚˈtuː/
British English: /ˌðɛəˈtuː/

Usage

Phrases

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form

Frequently Paired Words

— henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts

Synonyms

thitherto to it to that

Rhymes With

you do who new two too you-know-who through few true due talk down to