How do you pronounce wherewith?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/.

Where does wherewith come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

wherewith

/ʍɛɚˈwɪð/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: where-with
IPA: /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/

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Meaning

adv

With which; with what.

Archaic

noun

Something with which; the means by which.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?"
"In the left there was a ſort of Engine, from the Back of which were extended twenty long Poles, reſembling the Paliſado's before your Majeſty's Court; wherewith we conjecture the Man-Mountain combs his Head, for we did not always trouble him with Queſtions, becauſe we found it a great Difficulty to make him underſtand us."
"Worship we the Godhead, / Love Incarnate, Love Divine, / Worship we our Jesus,— / But wherewith for sacred sign? // Love shall be our token, / Love be yours and love be mine, / Love to God and all men, / Love the universal sign."
"Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?"

Etymology

From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wherwith

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/
British English: /wɛəˈwɪð/

Usage

Inflected Forms

wherwith (alternative, obsolete) wherewiths (plural)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

— henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts

Synonyms

wherewithal

Rhymes With

with forthwith therewith outwith withe