thence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb from that place or from there
  2. adverb from that circumstance or source; - W.V.Quine
  3. adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Etymology

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

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therefrom

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