Part of speech: adverb

To what place or end.

Part of speech: adverb

To which; whither.

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Usage examples "whereto":

  1. No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: As thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer barrel? - "Hamlet", William Shakespeare.
  2. Thus far we have treated of the barren fig- tree, or fruitless professor, with some signs to know him by; whereto is added also some signs of one who neither will nor can, by any means, be fruitful, but they must miserably perish. - "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3", John Bunyan.
  3. 90. " That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face." - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.