English
hereabout
From here + about.
Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’
Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’
Old English hēr ‘at this place’
Middle English her
English here
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
adv About this; concerning this.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hereabout