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Translation

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

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Word origin

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

Origin
Old English
Root
hw牵r

Examples

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"Where" asks about a place.

born.

"Where" points to the place something happened.

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

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 21: Question words.