to wit vs whatever

to wit

adv
  • that is to say; namely; specifically. 

whatever

adv
  • In what way; to what extent. 

  • At all; in any way; whatsoever. 

det
  • What ever; emphatic form of 'what'. 

  • Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that. 

  • Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that. 

  • Any; of no matter what type or kind. 

intj
  • A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. 

noun
  • Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy. 

pron
  • Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options. 

  • Anything that; all that. 

  • Regardless of anything that. 

  • What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc. 

adj
  • Unexceptional or unimportant; blah. 

How often have the words to wit and whatever occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )