FromMiddle Englishelswher, fromOld Englishelles hwǣr andelles hwerġen(“elsewhere”); corresponding withelse +where. Cognate withOld High Germanalleswār(“elsewhere”), whenceMiddle High Germanalleswā,alswā(“elsewhere”).
elsewhere (notcomparable)
- Synonym ofsomewhere else: in, at, or tosomeotherplace.
If you won’t serve us, we’ll goelsewhere.
These particular trees are not to be foundelsewhere.
[1850?],Thomas Moore, “Had We Some Bright Little Isle of Our Own”, in W[illiam] M[ark] Clark, compiler,Clark’s Orphean Warbler. Containing a Choice Collection of Nearly Two Thousand Favourite Songs, Glees, Duets, &c., so Popular at the Present Time, as Sung at the Theatres, Public Concerts, &c., in London, London: Published by W. M. Clark, […],→OCLC,page36:Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own, / In a blue summer ocean far off and alone; / [...] / Where simply to feel that we breathe, that we live, / Is worth the best joys that lifeelsewhere can give.
2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, inAmerican Scientist[1], volume100, number 2, archived fromthe original on13 February 2012, page162:He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States andelsewhere is manifestly unfair.
2022 February 21, Tami Luhby, “Headstone makers struggle to serve grieving families as supply chain woes continue”, inCNN[2]:Many monuments sold in the US are crafted from granite produced in China, India andelsewhere overseas, while a lot of stone-working equipment comes from Europe.
elsewhere (pluralelsewheres)
- Synonym ofsomewhere else: aplaceother thanhere.
2000, Angela M Jeannet,Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon: Italo Calvino's storytelling:We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds ofelsewheres.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “elsewhere”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
- “elsewhere”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
