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Definition how

Etymology 1

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, Old English h?, from Proto-Germanic *hw?, from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.

Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why.

Adverb

how (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) To what degree.
  2. (interrogative) In what manner.
  3. (interrogative) In what state.
  4. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
Noun

how (plural hows)

  1. The means by which something is accomplished.
Conjunction

how

  1. In which way; in such way.
  2. That, the fact that, the way that.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse haugr.

Noun

how (plural hows)

  1. (dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
  2. (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)

Etymology 3

From a Siouan language, compare Lakota háu. Alternatively from Wyandot haau.

Interjection

how

  1. A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.

Results 389 Words with the letters HOW

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8 letter words with the letters HOW 
7 letter words with the letters HOW 
6 letter words with the letters HOW 
ANYHOW 14
BEHOWL 15
CAHOWS 14
CHOWED 15
CHOWSE 14
FORWHY 16
GROWTH 13
HALLOW 13
HARROW 11
HAYMOW 16
HOLLOW 13
HOWDAH 14
HOWDIE 12
HOWFFS 17
HOWKED 16
HOWLED 13
HOWLER 12
HOWLET 12
LOWISH 12
OWLISH 12
RESHOW 11
ROWTHS 11
SHADOW 12
SHOWED 12
SHOWER 11
SWOOSH 11
THROWN 12
THROWS 11
TOWHEE 11
TROWTH 11
WAHOOS 11
WHACKO 18
WHAMMO 17
WHILOM 15
WHOLES 12
WHOLLY 15
WHOMPS 17
WHOMSO 14
WHOOFS 14
WHOOPS 14
WHOOSH 13
WHORED 12
WHORES 11
WHORLS 12
WHORTS 11
WHOSIS 11
WORTHS 11
WORTHY 13
5 letter words with the letters HOW 
CAHOW 13
CHOWS 13
DHOWS 11
HOWDY 13
HOWES 10
HOWFF 16
HOWFS 13
HOWKS 14
HOWLS 11
NOHOW 11
ROWTH 10
SHOWN 11
SHOWS 10
SHOWY 12
THROW 10
WAHOO 10
WHAMO 13
WHOLE 11
WHOMP 16
WHOOF 13
WHOOP 13
WHOPS 13
WHORE 10
WHORL 11
WHORT 10
WHOSE 10
WHOSO 10
WOOSH 10
WORTH 10
WROTH 10
4 letter words with the letters HOW 
CHOW 12
DHOW 10
HOWE 9
HOWF 12
HOWK 13
HOWL 10
HOWS 9
SHOW 9
WHOA 9
WHOM 12
WHOP 12
3 letter words with the letters HOW 
HOW 8
WHO 8
2 letter words with the letters HOW 
HO 4
OH 4
OW 5
WO 5

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