whenceWiktionary 原文/ʍɛns/adv.从何处，出于什么原因，从哪个n.来处，根源中文释义来自 ECDICT构词拆解when词干+-s后缀-sUsed to form regular plurals of nouns. · Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).词源链原始词根原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年*kʷ-古英语Old English约 450–1150 年hwanon↓ 继承中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年whennes↓ 继承词源说明From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.释义副词adverb1archaic, formal or literaryFrom where, from which: from which place or source.连词conjunction1literary, poeticUsed for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence同族词派生词 14anywhence·