FROM WHAT SOURCE' (4 letters) The crossword solutions for the term FROM WHAT ORIGIN are WHENCE and SOURCE. WHENCE is a six-letter word meaning 'FROM what place or SOURCE, ' while SOURCE is a four-letter word meaning 'the point of origin.' Both words are used to refer to the origin of something, such as a person, object, or idea. The term FROM WHAT ORIGIN is often used to ask about the origin of a particular thing, such as a person's ancestry or the SOURCE of an idea.