thereabout

Meaning

Adverb

• About or near that place.
• About or around that date or time.
• About or near to that condition or quality.
• Approximately that number or quantity.

Origin

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• (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-) + būtan (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- + *úd)). The English word is analysable as there + about.
• The word is attested earlier than thereabouts.