where - English word #110

Translation

In or to what place; used to ask or talk about a place.

Word origin

From Old English hwǣr, meaning at what place, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.

Where live?

"Where" asks about a place.

is house where was born.

"Where" points to the place something happened.

where keys are.

"Where" stands for the place the keys might be.

here

In, at, or to this place.

there

In or to that place, or used to say that something exists.

when

At what time, or used to join two parts of a sentence about the same time.

how

A word used to ask in what way something happens or is done.

place

A spot or area where something is, or where something happens.

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