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Definitions for Whence

[1] from what place?: Whence comest thou?
[2] from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom?
[3] from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came.
[4] from what place, cause, or origin?
[5] (subordinating) from what place, cause, or origin

Words related to Whence

wherefrom

Words nearby Whence

when're, when's, when've, when-issued, whenas, whence, whencesoever, whene'er, whenever, whensoever, whenua

Origin of Whence

1250–1300; Middle English whennes, whannes, equivalent to whanne (by syncope from Old English hwanone whence) + -s -s1

Words that may be confused with Whence

hence, hither, thence, thither, whence, whither, yon, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry), when, whence

Word origin for Whence

C13 whannes, adverbial genitive of Old English hwanon; related to Old Frisian hwana, Old High German hwanan

Synonyms for Whence

from what place, from where, from which, from which place, wherefrom