Somewhence
Full definition of somewhence
Adverb
somewhence
- from somewhere
- 1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles Chapter Chapter IV. Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe, ... so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading ... somewhence to somewhither.
- 1910, Good Housekeeping Magazine Chapter Volume 50, 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 Chapter , 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.