whence

About 3.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb From where, from which: from which place or source.

   Whence came I?

2. conjunction Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence

   The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.

Similar words

wherefrom hence where why source origin provenance birthplace root wellspring

Often followed by

the it they he we i came comes a this