whence

adv

1. (archaic, formal, literary, not-comparable)From where; from which place or source.

   “Whence came I?”

   “"Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.”

   “Go to whence you came!”

   “That envy whence comes hate.”

   “Ieſus anſwered, and ſaid vnto them, Though I beare record of my ſelfe, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I goe: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.”

conj

1. (literary, poetic)Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence

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

   “I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.”