Etymograph

English

hereupon

From here + upon.

A compound of here + upon

Proto-Germanic *hē₂r ‘here, in this place’

Proto-West Germanic *hēr ‘here’

Old English hēr ‘at this place’

Middle English her

English here

Old English uppan ‘on, upon’

Middle English upon

English upon

The story

Spelled as two words before the 16th century.

Today it means

adv Immediately afterwards; at this.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hereupon