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whencesoever

whencesoever

1 9.9
From whatever place or source
  • adverb
  • Archaic
: de donde sea
  • He welcomed travelers, whencesoever they might appear.

Examples

  • He will return whencesoever he pleases.

  • Help arrived, whencesoever the call had reached.

  • The wind blew fiercely, whencesoever it had come.

  • You can find help whencesoever you look.

  • She will go to the garden to gather flowers, picking them from whencesoever they bloom.

  • He could see the mountains from whencesoever he stood in the valley.

  • The travelers checked their maps to find their way, asking locals from whencesoever they could gather information.

Synonyms

whence
vswhencesoever
  • Archaic
34 9.9

From where something comes

focuses on any place or source but does not stress cause
wherefrom
vswhencesoever
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Where something comes from

is more general and means any place or source rather than a specific one

Surface Forms

whencesoever positive

Morphology

whencesoever = whence + soever (opaque) = whence + soever

The word is historically compositional as 'whence' + 'soever', but both parts are archaic and unlikely to be known by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Whencesoever is made of whence ('from where') and soever, a formal part like ever that means 'whatever'. So whencesoever means 'from whatever place', and you use it to say something came from anywhere or any source.