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1. (adv.) whence
from what place?:
Whence comest thou?
2. whence
from what source, origin, or cause?:
Whence has he wisdom?
3. (conj.) whence
from what place, source, cause, etc.:
He told whence he came.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME whennes, whannes=whanne (by syncope from OE hwanone whence) +-s -s1)
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1. (adverb) whence
from what place, source, or cause
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1. (adverb) whence
from what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively
2. (adverb) whence
from what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively
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Sense: from what place or circumstance (?); from where (?).
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 Afrikaans: vanwaar, van waar |
 Arabic: من أيْن؟ |
 Bulgarian: откъде |
 Brazilian: de onde / donde |
 Czech: odkud |
 German: woher |
 Danish: hvorfra |
 Greek: από πού; |
 Spanish: de dónde |
 Estonian: kust(kohast) |
 Farsi: از کجا |
 Finnish: mistä |
 French: d'oû |
 Hebrew: מְהֵיכָן |
 Hindi: कहां से, जहां से |
 Croatian: odakle |
 Hungarian: honnan? |
 Indonesian: dari mana |
 Icelandic: hvaðan |
 Italian: da dove |
 Japanese: どこから |
 Korean: 어디로부터 |
 Lithuanian: iš kur |
 Latvian: no kurienes |
 Malay: dari mana |
 Dutch: vanwaar |
 Norwegian: hvorfra?; hvor/hva ... fr |
 Polish: skąd? |
 Portuguese: donde |
 Romanian: de unde |
 Russian: откуда |
 Slovak: odkiaľ |
 Slovenian: odkod |
 Serbian: otkuda |
 Swedish: varifrån, hur [kommer det |
 Thai: จากที่ไหน |
 Turkish: nereden, ne yüzden |
 Taiwanese: 從何處或何種情況 |
 Ukrainian: звідки |
 Urdu: کس جگہ سے |
 Vietnamese: dođâu |
 Chinese: 从哪里或何处 |
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