WHENCE


Meaning of WHENCE in English

/ wens; NAmE / adverb

( old use ) from where :

They returned whence they had come.

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English whennes , from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon , of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.