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But ah, Siena, you are luckiest in the root and stem whence
More recently, I have seen fishing competitions on television, happy to see that the fish were returned to the waters whence they have been taken.
The Chinese words kung fu and wok are currently in vogue in the US, whence they are likely to spread to other English-speaking countries.
This craze became known as décalcomanie, from décalc- (from décalquer `transfer a tracing' + - o - + manie `mania,' whence we get decalcomania ( decal for short for the transfers), and the adjective cockamamie some say echoes the sense of florid but superficial embellishment.
French provided - ot , as in Mary-ot and Philip-ot , whence the surnames Marriott and Philpott ; and -in or -on , which could turn Mary to Marion, Alice to Alison, Dick to Dickon (whence Dickens ), and Rob to Robin (whence Robbins and Robinson ).