Everyhow
/ˈɛvərihaʊ/noun
In every way, by every means, or under all circumstances; chiefly Scots and dialectal English.
Did you know?Everyhow belongs to the same family of old interrogative formations that produced words such as how, who, what, where, and when—language built from asking about every possible circumstance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwo-
“An interrogative stem meaning “who?” or “what?”; the ancient source behind the how-family.”
Proto-Germanic
Germanic
*hwo-
“Interrogative stem meaning “in what manner?” or “how?””
Old English
Old English
hū
“How; in what manner or by what means.”
Middle English
Middle English
everich
“Every; each individual one, from the combination of ever and each.”
19th Century
Scots/English
everyhow
“A compound of every and how, meaning in every way or by every means.”
Modern English
English
everyhow
“A chiefly Scots or dialectal adverb meaning in every way, under all circumstances, or anyhow.”