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 [els-hwair, -wair]   Origin

else·where

   [els-hwair, -wair]
adverb
somewhere else; in or to some other place: You will have to look elsewhere for an answer.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English elleswher, Old English elles hwǣr. See else, where
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Elsewhere is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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elsewhere (ˌɛlsˈwɛə)
 
—adv
in or to another place; somewhere else
 
[Old English elles hwǣr; see else, where]

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elsewhere
O.E. elles hwær (see else + where). It survived, but elsewhen (early 15c.), elsewhat (O.E.), elsewho (1540s) did not.
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