Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Used to ask for what reason or purpose something happened
Why
/(h)waɪ/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
This word has no antonymsExamples:
Why did you do that?"Why, hello, Frank," he exclaimed, sheepishly, "where do you come from?"Why, great heavens, man, the railways are there behind them.
Etymology:
The word why originates from the Old English word hwī, which is related to the Old Norse hví, Old Saxon and Old High German hwi, meaning why. It is a derivative of the Proto-Germanic root hwi, which in turn traces back to the Proto-Indo-European base qwí.
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