insofarTriple compounds. That awesome feature of the English language what says, "It's just "awe" plus "some", that's kind of bland, don't you think? Can't we get another word in there somehow?" and, for a brief shining moment, remembers its Germanic roots.
whatsoever
hithertofore
nonetheless
nevertheless
Some things that you might think are triple compounds aren't. "Notwithstanding" was never three words, for example. The "with" was a prefix instead of a a standalone.
Regardless, these words are fun and I'd like to know all of them but don't know how one would go about looking it up so I'm just going to ask you to share the tripartite words you know.
Please, in the comments, share the tripartite words you know.
Whosoever
ReplyDeleteWhensoever
Wheresoever
Whomsoever
Whichsoever
Whithersoever
Counterclockwise
Nevertheless
Notwithstanding