whence

Definition

  • adverb: from where
  • adverb: from what place, source, or cause
  • often + 'from'
  • synonyms: how, where, wherefrom

Examples

  • They returned to the land 'from whence' they came.

  • They returned to the land 'whence' they came.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...by any craft that we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor... ...and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you... ...must do this. One does not simply walk into Mordor. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring