thence

adv

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.

1. 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).”

2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

   “I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.”

3. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.