early 13c., whennes, with adverbial genitive -s, from Old English hwanone, related to hw?nne (see when). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation.
雙語例句
1. No one ordered him back whence he came.
沒有人命令過他從哪里來回哪里去。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They returned whence they had come.
他們從哪里來又回到哪里去了。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?