different between elsewhence vs elsewhere

English

Etymology

Else, “other” + whence, “from which (place or source)”, on the pattern of elsewhere.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ls??ns/

Adverb

elsewhence (not comparable)

1. From elsewhere; from some other place or source.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:elsewhence.

Antonyms

• elsewhither

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hw?r and elles hwer?en (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else +? where.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ls?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ls?????/

Adverb

elsewhere (not comparable)

1. Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

Related terms

• elsehow
• elseward
• elsewhat
• elsewhen
• elsewhence
• elsewhither
• elsewho
• elsewhom
• elsewise

Noun

elsewhere (plural elsewheres)

1. Synonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.
   • 2000, Angela M Jeannet, Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon: Italo Calvino's storytelling

     We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres.

Further reading

• elsewhere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• elsewhere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.