Hither

/ˈhɪðər/ adverb

To or toward this place; an old-fashioned way of saying 'here' or 'over here.'

From Old English 'hider' and Germanic roots related to 'here.' The word has been largely replaced by 'here' in modern English but survives in historical texts and archaic phrases like 'hither and thither.'

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