English

howso

Howso comes from Middle English how-so.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of how + so

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘interrogative root’

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Proto-Germanic *hwō ‘through what, how’

Proto-West Germanic *hwō

Old English hū ‘how’

Middle English how

English how

Proto-Germanic *swa ‘so’

Proto-West Germanic *swā ‘so’

Old English swā ‘so’

Middle English so

English so

Every English word from Middle English how-so

adv However, in whatever manner.

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