Whence

Adverb

 * 1) From where; from which place or source.
 * Whence came I?
 * 1) * 1898,, Chapter 3
 * At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.

Conjunction
whence


 * 1) From where.
 * 2)  From which.
 * From French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
 * I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.
 * From French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
 * I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

Thesaurus
accordingly, away, because of that, because of this, consequently, derivation, ergo, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason, forth, fountain, hence, hereat, inception, off, on that account, on that ground, on this account, origin, out, propter hoc, provenance, provenience, root, then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefore, therefrom, thereof, thus, thusly, thuswise, well, wellspring, wherefore, wherefrom

Adverb

 * Danish:, hvoraf
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αφού
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: da dove
 * Korean: 어디서


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: odakle, otkud
 * Spanish: ¿de dónde?
 * Swedish: varifrån

Conjunction

 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: el kie
 * French:
 * German: woher


 * Greek: από πού
 * Portuguese: de onde
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, var i från, vadan


 * Danish:, hvoraf
 * French:, (1),  (1),  (1),  (1),  (1),  (2)


 * Greek: από όπου
 * Russian: откуда, отсюда, следовательно, значит
 * Swedish:, var av


 * : waarvandaan, “waar … vandaan…”
 * : woher
 * : da dove (1); da cui (2)

Antonyms

 * whither

Related terms

 * elsewhence
 * thence
 * hence
 * whencever
 * whencesoever
 * whenceforth