whence

• The sun, the stars, the sea, the rivers, the flowers, and the trees--whence come they? —  Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria
• The grave and lofty feeling, for example, which inspired the last words of the Tableau_--whence came it? —  Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet
• Thus discoursing, on They went till unobscur'd the porches shone Which hurryingly they gain'd, and enter'd straight Sure never since king Neptune held his state 730 Was seen such wonder underneath the stars Turn to some level plain where haughty Mars Has legion'd all his battle; and behold How every soldier, with firm foot, doth hold His even breast: see, many steeled squares And rigid ranks of iron--whence who dares One step? —  Endymion A Poetic Romance
• What festival is this This throng--whence are they? —  The Odyssey of Homer
• At that sight Alarm'd, the Prince his father thus address'd Whence--whence is this, my father? —  The Odyssey of Homer

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms