otherwhence

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English

Etymology

From other +‎ whence.

Adverb

otherwhence (not comparable)

  1. (formal, now rare) By other means.
    • 1868, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Medea of Euripides, pages 37–38, lines 571–574
      'Twere a goodly boon
      If men could raise their children otherwhence
      And there should be no woman tribe at all;
      So would there be no mischief in the world.
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