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thence

  [thens] ,
Use thence in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME thennes, equiv. to thenne (earlier thenene, OE thanon(e) thence) + -es -s 1

Usage note:
See whence.
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thence   (thěns, thěns)   
adv.  

  1. From that place; from there: flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow.

  2. From that circumstance or source; therefrom.

  3. Archaic From that time; thenceforth. See Usage Note at whence.


[Middle English thennes : thenne, from there (from Old English thanon; see to- in Indo-European roots) + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -s3.]
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Word Origin & History

thence 
c.1290, 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 ult. from PIE demonstrative base *to- (see the). Written with -c- to indicate a voiceless "s" sound. From thence is redundant. Thenceforth is c.1374; thenceforward attested from 1457.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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