| From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 18, 2001, 0:48 |
Henrik Theiling wrote:>> `Wovon' is also a German word, used in e.g.: >> >> ,Wovon sprichst Du?' >> What do you talk about? >> >> (wo=von = where + of/from)Ah, of course: whereof. And whereto, thereto, thereof, here- and theretofore; wherefore, therefore. etc. etc. Where-, here- and therewith. I even seem to recall "therefrom" in e.g. old land deeds