/u/
Translation
where, in which (interrogative and relative adverb)
Word origin
The conjunction ('or') is from Latin aut ('or'); the adverb 'ou' with a grave accent ('where') is from Latin ubi. Both reduced to the same spoken form in Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- aut
Examples
- ?
Where did you put my glasses?
j' au .
The town where I grew up is by the sea.
.
I don't know where he went.
- j' ?
Do you know where I put my sunglasses?
C' .
This is the village where I was born.
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