Since and Whence

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Since adverb - Earlier than the present time.

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Whence and since are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whence" instead an adverb "Since".

Whence adverb - From what place, source, or cause.

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Since and whence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Since" instead an adverb "Whence".

Therefore, saying "from whence" is redundant, although it's hard to argue that it's outright wrong since it does have precedent in the works of Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Source: Analysis / Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe
Since Ygdrassil is supposed to be an ash tree, this is actually a reference to the god Odin (Wotan, from whence we get Wednesday).

Source: World Tree
Dinner at Deviant's Palace is set after a calamity left a number of radioactive holes in southern California (and presumably other places further afield, whence news no longer comes since civilization collapsed).

Source: After The End / Literature

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