thence

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.

adv

  1. (formal) From there, from that place or from that time.
    I came thence.
    Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
    From this we can find the characteristic roots b_1 and b_2 and thence proceed to the remaining steps of the solution process. 2005, Alpha Chiang and Kevin Wainwright, Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th ed.), McGraw-Hill International, p. 605
  2. (literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
  3. (archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter

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