from

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Used to show where someone or something comes from.

   Paul is from New Zealand.

2. 2
   prep

   Used to show a starting point in space or time.

   The shop is open from nine in the morning.

3. 3
   prep

   Used to show removal or separation.

   Please remove the cake from the oven after twenty minutes.

4. 4
   prep

   Used to show the cause or reason for something.

   Many people still die from this disease.

5. 5
   prep

   Used to show the material something is made of.

   The ring is made from pure gold.

Common collocations

• hear from Verb + preposition/particle
• die from Verb + preposition/particle

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.

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