there

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 366 words | Copyright

there
A. in, at, or to that place.

B. used to indicate existence or occurrence. OE. þær, þēr = OS. thār (Du. daar), OHG. dār (G. da); cogn. with ON., Goth. þar; f. dem. base Gmc. *þa- (see THE1, THAT1) + adv. suffix -r, as in here, where. The comps. thereabout, -after, -at, -in, -of, -on, -out, -to, -with are of OE. date.

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