somewhence

English

Etymology

From some +‎ whence.

Adverb

somewhence (not comparable)

1. (archaic or literary) from somewhere
   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter IV. Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles‎^[1] (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005, page 157:

     ... so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading ... somewhence to somewhither.

   • 1910, “Volume 50”, in Good Housekeeping Magazine‎^[2], Indiana University, published 2008, page 157:

     For all beautiful things, no matter how fanciful, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, true; and all true things, no matter how repellent, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, beautiful.

   • 1922, Katherine (Fullerton) Gerould, Lost Valley, a Novel‎^[3], Harper, Pennsylvania State University, published 2010, page 437:

     The stirring of the wind was pleasantly ominous to Reilly: it was quickening, encouraging, hostile to inertia; it came somewhence and was going somewhither.

Usage notes

Similar to whence in that from is not needed and would be redundant. However, it is found in usage.

Translations

from somewhere

• Latin: alicunde
• Polish: skądś (pl)
• Russian: откуда-то (ru) (otkuda-to)