elsewhere English · revision 5164

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=a. 1200|origins=ang elles, ang hwǣr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌelsˈweə/, /ˌelsˈhweə/, US /ˈels.wer/, /ˈels.hwer/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|elleswher]], [[inh|ang|elles hwǣr]],^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) a compound of the ancestors of [[else]] and [[where]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In another place: before 1200 in the OED and MWU, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To another place, the same as ''elsewhither'', is from 1513.^(OED 1989) Old English also had elleshwider “to another place”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1200 – in another place.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1513 – to another place.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In, at or to another place.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Pronoun===

+ # Some other place.^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[elsewhither]]

+ * [[else]]

+ * [[where]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}