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Where does “thence” come from?

Thence comes from Old English þanon, meaning "from that place" or "from there."

thence (English): From there, from that place or from that time;...

Definitions

  1. From there, from that place or from that time;...

Ancestry of “thence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþanonthence, from there; thereupon, after that

Words derived from “thence”

  • thenceforward
  • thencefrom
  • thenceafter
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