"wherefrom" meaning in English

See wherefrom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From where + from. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|where|from}} where + from Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wherefrom (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) from which; whence Tags: archaic, not-comparable Translations (from which): ուստի (usti) (Armenian), от което (ot koeto) (Bulgarian), hvorfra (Danish), waarvandaan (Dutch), mistä (Finnish), à partir de quoi (French), woher (German), miből [interrogative] (Hungarian), amiből [relative] (Hungarian), di cui (Italian), da cui (Italian), hvorfra (Norwegian), de dónde [interrogative] (Spanish), de donde [relative] (Spanish), varifrån (Swedish), з яко́го (z jakóho) (Ukrainian), зві́дки (zvídky) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (interrogative) from what? from where? whence? Tags: interrogative, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-wherefrom-en-adv-OudHdNli
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: thereabout, whereabout, thereabouts, whereabouts, thereafter, whereafter, thereagainst, whereagainst, thereamong, whereamong, thereamongst, whereamongst, hereanent (alt: anent), thereanent, whereanent, wherearound, whereas, thereat, whereat, therebefore, wherebetween, thereby, whereby, therefore, wherefore, therefor, wherefor, therefrom, therehence, thereinafter, whereinafter, thereinbefore, whereinbefore, therein, wherein, whereinsoever (alt: in soever), thereinto, whereinto, thereof, whereof, thereon, whereon, thereout, whereout, wheresomever (alt: somever), theretofore, wheretofore, thereto, whereto, thereunder, whereunder, thereunto, whereunto, thereupon, whereupon, therewithal, wherewithal, therewith, wherewith, , henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereagainst, hereamong, hereamongst, hereanent, hereat, hereby, herefor, herefore, hereforth, hereforward, hereforwards, herefrom, herehence, hereinabove, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinbelow, hereinelsewhere, hereinsoever, hereinto, hereinunder, heremid, hereof, hereon, hereout, hereover, herethrough, herethroughout, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal, herewithin, hitherto, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards, howbeit, however, howso, howsoever, howsomedever, howsomever, thenceafter, thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thencefrom, thenceout, thereacross, thereagain, therealong, therearound, therebeside, therebetween, therebeyond, therever, thereforth, thereinabove, thereinbelow, thereinunder, theremid, thereover, theresoever, therethrough, therethroughout, thereup, therewithin, therewithout, thitherinsoever, thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whatever, whatso, whatsoever, whatsomedever, whatsomever, whenabout, whenabouts, whenas, whenever, whenso, whensoever, whensomever, , whenceafter, whencever, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencefrom, whenceward, whencewards, wherealong, wherebeside, wherebeyond, wherever, whereforth, wherehence, whereinabove, whereinbelow, whereinsoever, whereinunder, wheremid, whereover, whereso, wheresoever, wheresomever, wherethrough, wherethroughout, whereup, wherewithin, wherewithout, whitherever, whitherinsoever, whitherso, whitherto, whithertofore, whitherward, whitherwards, whyever, whyfor, whyso, whysoever Related terms (about): hereabout Related terms (against): hereagainst Related terms (among): hereamong Related terms (amongst): hereamongst Related terms (around): therearound Related terms (as): thereas Related terms (at): hereat Related terms (between): therebetween Related terms (by): hereby Related terms (for): herefor Related terms (in): herein Related terms (in which): whereinwhich Related terms (into): hereinto Related terms (of): hereof Related terms (on): hereon Related terms (out): hereout Related terms (to): hereto Related terms (under): hereunder Related terms (unto): hereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon Related terms (with): herewith Disambiguation of 'about': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'against': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'among': 63 37 Disambiguation of 'amongst': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'around': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'as': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'at': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'between': 51 49 Disambiguation of 'by': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'for': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in which': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'into': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'on': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'out': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'under': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'unto': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'upon': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'with': 0 0
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    {
      "word": "whereup"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithin"
    },
    {
      "word": "wherewithout"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherinsoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherto"
    },
    {
      "word": "whithertofore"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitherwards"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyfor"
    },
    {
      "word": "whyso"
    },
    {
      "word": "whysoever"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from which; whence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "whence",
          "whence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) from which; whence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from what? from where? whence?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "where",
          "where"
        ],
        [
          "whence",
          "whence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) from what? from where? whence?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "usti",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "ուստի"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ot koeto",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "от което"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "hvorfra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "waarvandaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "mistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "à partir de quoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "woher"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "from which",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "word": "miből"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "from which",
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ],
      "word": "amiből"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "di cui"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "da cui"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "hvorfra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "from which",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "word": "de dónde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "from which",
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ],
      "word": "de donde"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "varifrån"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "z jakóho",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "з яко́го"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvídky",
      "sense": "from which",
      "word": "зві́дки"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wherefrom"
}

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