elsewhere

Pronunciation

• IPA: UK /ˌelsˈweə/, /ˌelsˈhweə/, US /ˈels.wer/, /ˈels.hwer/^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Middle English elleswher, inherited from Old English elles hwǣr,^[2][3] a compound of the ancestors of else and where.^[3][2][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

In another place: before 1200 in the OED and MWU, about 1400 in Etymonline.^[5][2][3]

Semantic evolution

To another place, the same as elsewhither, is from 1513.^[5] Old English also had elleshwider “to another place”.^[3]

Timeline

• a. 1200 – in another place.^[5]
• 1513 – to another place.^[5]

Modern meaning

Adverb

1. In, at or to another place.

Pronoun

1. Some other place.

Related words

• elsewhither
• else
• where

References

1. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011), Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 18th ed., ed. Peter Roach, Jane Setter and John Esling, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
2. ^ a b c Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary (2024), online ed., Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster
3. ^ a b c d Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ Pearsall, Judy, ed. (1998), The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c d Simpson, J. A.; Weiner, E. S. C., eds. (1989), The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press