here

Meanings

Adverb

• In, on, or at this place.
• To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
• In this context.
• At this point in the argument, narration, or other, usually written, work.

Noun

• This place; this location.
• This time, the present situation.

Origin

• From Middle English her#Etymology_2_3, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + -*r, from Proto-Indo-European, from *ḱe + *ís.
• Cognate with the English pronoun he, German hier, Dutch hier, her, Icelandic hér, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish her, Swedish här.