whither
意味
- 《疑問副詞として》どこへ,どちらへ
- 《関係副詞として》…する(した)ところの;そしてそこへ(where)
- 《新聞の見出しなどで》…の将来は,…はどうなる
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“what; which”), from *kʷ- (the primary interrogative root).