Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whatso

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: what-so
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Whatever, whatsoever.

Obsolete

adj

Clipping of whatsoever.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"So she went out to fetch her needful from the Bazar and Alaeddin retired to his chamber and taking the Lamp rubbed it, when forthright appeared to him its Slave and said, "Ask, O my lord, whatso thou wantest.""
"Whatso looks lovelily / Is but the rainbow on life's weeping rain. / Why have we longings of immortal pain, / And all we long for mortal?"

Etymology

From Middle English whatso, from Old English hwæt swā; equivalent to what + so.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: whatso, hwæt swā

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does whatso mean?: Whatever, whatsoever.
Where does whatso come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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