Where does “hence” come from?

hence (English) comes from Middle English hennes, from Old English heonan, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hence (English): from here, from this place, away; from the living...

Definitions

  1. from here, from this place, away; from the living...

Ancestry of “hence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhennes—
2Old Englishheonanfrom here, hence
3Old Englishhēhey
4Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
5Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “hence”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →