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whence

Произношение:
whence
Часть речи:
adv
Происхождение:
[ME whennes, fr. whenne whence (fr. OE hwanon) + -s, adv. suffix, fr. -s, gen. sing. ending; akin to OHG hwanan whence, OE hwa who]
Появление:
(13c)
Определение:
from what place, source, or cause <then ~ comes this paradox --Changing Times> -- from whence : from what place, source, or cause <no one could tell me from whence the gold had come --Graham Greene>

Часть речи:
conj
Появление:
(14c)
Определение:
1: from what place, source, or cause <inquired ~ the water came --Maria Edgeworth> 2 a: from or out of which place, source, or cause <the lawless society ~ the ballads sprang --DeLancey Ferguson> b: by reason of which fact: wherefore <nothing broke -- ~ I infer that my bones are not yet chalky --O. W. Holmes d.1935>

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