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English
Etymology
From Middle English whereso; equivalent to where + so; compare Old English hwǣr swā.
Adverb
whereso (not comparable)
- (archaic) wheresoever; regardless of which place
1900, Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris, The Story of Grettir The Strong:Thrand answered that whereso he was, he would still be deemed a brave man, "And now it is meet for thee to settle down and get married, and I would put forth my word and help, if I but knew whereto thou lookest."
1915, Edward Carpenter, The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife:But when Commercial and Colonial expansion became a definite and avowed object of the former's policy, she found, whereso she might look, that Britain was there, in the way--"everywhere British colonies, British coaling stations, and floating over a fifth of the globe the British flag."