anywhence

English

Etymology

any +‎ whence

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕʹ.nĭ.hwĕns, IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ɪ.ʍɛns/

Adverb

anywhence (not comparable)

(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
- 1671: Thomas Brancker, in Stephen Peter Rigaud’s Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century, volume 1, page 167 (1841 publication)
  As soon as I receive it anywhence, you shall have it presently returned.

Related terms

→

(related through any):
- anybody
- anyhow →
  - anyhoo
- any-kyns
- any-lengthian
- any more
- anyon
- anyplace
- anything →
  - anythingarian →
    - anythingarianism
- anyways →
  - anyway
- anywhat
- anywhen
- anywhere
- anywhither
- anywise

(related through whence):
- elsewhence
- everywhence
- nowhence
- otherwhence
- somewhence
- whenceforth
- whenceforward
- whenceness
- whencesoever
- whencever
- whenceward

References

“†ˈanywhence, adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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