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from

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/ˈfɹɒm/UK/ˈfɹɔm//ˈfɹʌm/CA

Etymology

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.

  1. inherited from *fram✻ — “forward, from, away”
  2. inherited from *fram✻
  3. inherited from from
  4. inherited from from — “from”

Definitions

  1. Used to indicate source or provenance.

    • Paul is from New Zealand.
    • I got a letter from my brother.
    • You can't get all your news from the Internet.

  2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

    • This manuscript is from the 1980s.

  3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

    • He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
    • He departed yesterday from Chicago.
    • This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Indicating removal or separation.

      • After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
      • The general was ousted from power.

    2. Indicating exclusion.

      • She was barred from entering.
      • A parasol protects from the sun.

    3. Indicating differentiation.

      • Your opinions differ from mine.
      • He knows right from wrong.
      • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

    4. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

      • It's made from pure gold.

    5. Used to indicate causation

      Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

      • Too many people die from breast cancer.

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Derived

abstract away from, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, bang from the buck, buy out from under, come from below, come in from the cold, drink from the fire hydrant, a distance, all accounts, all reports, an early age, a standing start, A to Z, away, behind, cradle to grave, day to day, father to son, first to last, here on in, here on out, home, Kashmir to Kanyakumari, memory, moment to moment, off of, someone's mouth to God's ears, that time on, the first, the river to the sea, the top, this time on, fromward, fromwards, week to week, get out from under, gift from heaven, gift from the goddesses, gift from the Gods, gift from the heavens · +32 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for from. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA