somewhence

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English

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Etymology

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From some +‎ whence.

Adverb

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somewhence (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or literary) from somewhere
    • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter IV. Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles[1] (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005, page 157:
      ... so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading ... somewhence to somewhither.
    • 1910, “Volume 50”, in Good Housekeeping Magazine[2], Indiana University, published 2008, page 157:
      For all beautiful things, no matter how fanciful, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, true; and all true things, no matter how repellent, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, beautiful.
    • 1922, Katherine (Fullerton) Gerould, Lost Valley, a Novel[3], Harper, Pennsylvania State University, published 2010, page 437:
      The stirring of the wind was pleasantly ominous to Reilly: it was quickening, encouraging, hostile to inertia; it came somewhence and was going somewhither.

Usage notes

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Similar to whence in that from is not needed and would be redundant. However, it is found in usage.

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