wherethrough

English

Etymology

From where +‎ through, compare Middle English wherethorow.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɛːˈθɹuː/

Adverb

wherethrough (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Through which.
    There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.
  2. (obsolete) By means of which; whereby.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
      They perceived her to be capable of diverse passions, and agitated by many languishing and painfull motions, wherethrough she fell into wearinesse and griefe […].
    • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode V, page 16.
      […] the river Oanis, and the lake of his native land, and the sacred channels wherethrough doth Hipparis give water to the people, […]
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