whereon
adverb
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L203756 on Wikidata ↗conjunction
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L333982 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /wəˈrɒn/ / /wɛəˈɹɒn/ / /(h)weɹˈɑn/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on Middle English wheron English whereon Inherited from Middle English wheron, from wher + on. Equivalent to where + on.
- On which, on what.
“And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.”
“Florinda sate / Beholding Roderick with fixed eyes intent, / Yet unregardant of the countenance / Whereon they dwelt; in other thoughts absorbed, […]”