whennes

Middle English

Etymology

From whenne (“whence, from where”) +‎ -es (adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwɛnəs/

Adverb

whennes

1. whence, from what place or source
   • c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], (please specify |book=I to V), [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     If love be good, from whennes comth my wo?

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Descendants

• English: whence

References

• “whennes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.