from

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Used to indicate source or provenance.

   Paul is from New Zealand.

2. 2
   prep

   Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

   This manuscript is from the 1980s.

3. 3
   prep

   Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

   He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

4. 4
   prep

   Indicating removal or separation.

   After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.

5. 5
   prep

   Indicating exclusion.

   She was barred from entering.

6. 6
   prep

   Indicating differentiation.

   Your opinions differ from mine.

7. 7
   prep

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

   It's made from pure gold.

8. 8
   prep

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

   Too many people die from breast cancer.

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.