what

Meanings

Pronoun

Adverb

  • In what way; to what extent.
  • In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with

Interjection

Noun

  • Something; thing; stuff.
  • The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
  • Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.

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Origin

  • From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt ("what"), from Proto-Germanic *hwat ("what"), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód ("what"), neuter form of *kʷós. Cognate with Scots whit ("what"), North Frisian wat ("what"), Saterland Frisian wat ("what"), West Frisian wat ("what"), Dutch wat ("what"), Low German wat ("what"), German was ("what"), Danish hvad ("what"), Norwegian Bokmål hva ("what"), Swedish vad ("what"), Norwegian Nynorsk kva ("what"), Icelandic hvað ("what"), Latin quod ("what, which").

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