Added 30 September 2026
thence
/ðɛns/ adverb
In Latin: illim, illinc, inde Wiktionary
adverb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about thence at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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From there, from that place or from that time.
I came thence.
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Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.
- From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
Origin
From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.
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