Someplace

How to spell someplace

9 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce someplace

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does someplace mean?

1. adverbIn, at, or to an unspecified or unknown location; somewhere.

Someplace in a sentence

• She left her keys someplace in the office and spent an hour looking for them.

• We should go someplace quiet for the weekend instead of the crowded coast.

Where does someplace come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

This is a transparent compound formed in English from two very old native words, 'some' and 'place'. 'Some' descends from Old English 'sum', a word meaning 'a certain one' or 'an unspecified amount', which traces back to Germanic and ultimately Indo-European roots shared with words for 'one' and 'together'. 'Place', by contrast, is a borrowing that entered English through Old French 'place', itself from Latin 'platea' meaning 'a broad open street or courtyard', which the Romans had taken from Greek 'plateia' (the feminine of 'platys', meaning 'broad' or 'flat'). The combined adverb 'someplace', meaning 'somewhere', is a relatively modern coinage that took hold in American English during the nineteenth century, modelled on older pairs like 'somewhere' and 'somebody'. Because both halves are ordinary, familiar words written exactly as they sound, the only spelling point to remember is that it stays a single solid word with no space and no hyphen.

How the word is built

• some (an unspecified quantity or one)
• place (a particular spot or location)