whence

1 :  from what place, source, or cause inquired whence the water came — Maria Edgeworth

2a :  from or out of which place, source, or cause the lawless society whence the ballads sprang — DeLancey Fergusonb :  by reason of which fact nothing broke— whence I infer that my bones are not yet chalky — O. W. Holmes †1935

1 :  from what place, source, or cause Whence come all these questions?

2 :  from or out of which We knew little of the land whence they came.