different between anywhere vs anywhence

English

Etymology

any +? where

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?w??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.i?.(h)w??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.i.(h)w??/

Adverb

anywhere (not comparable)

1. In or at any location or an unknown location.

   For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale' .

2. To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.

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Translations

Pronoun

anywhere

1. Any location or an unknown location.

   Anywhere is better than here!

English

Etymology

any +? whence

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??.n?.hw?ns, IPA^(key): /??n.?.??ns/

Adverb

anywhence (not comparable)

1. (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.

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References

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