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adverb
1.
from that place: I went first to Paris and thence to Rome.
2.
from that time; thenceforth: He fell ill and thence was seldom seen.
3.
from that source: Thence came all our troubles.
4.
from that fact or reason; therefore: We were young, and thence optimistic.
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Word Origin & History
thence
late 13c., from O.E. þanone, þanon "from that place" + adverbial genitive -es. O.E. þanone, þanon is from W.Gmc. *thanana (cf. O.S. thanana, O.N. þana, O.Fris. thana, O.H.G. danana, Ger. von dannen), related obscurely to the root of then, and
EXPAND ult. from PIE demonstrative base *to- (see the). Written with -c- to indicate a voiceless "s" sound. From thence is redundant. Thenceforth is late 14c.; thenceforward attested from mid-15c.
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