[wɛns], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- from what place or source
(e.g: whence do they derive those powers?)

- from which; from where
(e.g: the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound)
Middle English whennes, from earlier whenne (from Old English hwanon, of Germanic origin) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound)