English
thenabout
From then + about.
Proto-Germanic *þan ‘at that (time), then’
Proto-West Germanic *þan ‘then, at that time’
Proto-West Germanic *þannē
Old English þonne ‘then, at that time’
Middle English then(ne)
English then
Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards’
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Proto-West Germanic *biūtan ‘outside’
Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan
Old English onbūtan ‘about, around’
Middle English aboute ‘around’
English about
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thenabout”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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