somewhence
English
Etymology
Adverb
somewhence (not comparable)
- (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.
- 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
Similar to whence in that from is not needed and would be redundant. However, it is found in usage.