Definitions of whence

1. from what place or origin or source; " whence did he come?"; " whence comes this splendid feast?"; " sketches the lawless society whence the ballads sprang"- DeLancey Ferguson

2. From what place, source or origin.

3. From what place: from which things: wherefore.

4. From which place; from which cause: inter. From what place or cause?.

5. For which reason; wherefore.

6. From what place; from what source; from which premises, principles or facts; how; by what way or means; in general, from which person, cause, place, principle, or circumstance.

7. From what place; from what or which source or origin; how.