from
pronunciation
How to pronounce from in British English:
UK [frəm , frɒm]
How to pronounce from in American English:
US [frəm , frʌm , frɑːm]
Word Origin
- from
- from: [OE] From goes back ultimately to Indo- European *pr, which also produced English first, for, fore, foremost, former, and before. The addition of a suffix -m gave a word denoting ‘forward movement, advancement’ (as in Greek prómos ‘foremost’). By the time it reached Old English as from or fram the notion of ‘moving forward or onward’ had passed into ‘moving away’. The related fro [12], now little used except in to and fro, comes from Old Norse frá.=> before, first, for, fore, former, forth, fro, primary
- from (prep., adv.)
- Old English fram, preposition denoting departure or movement away in time or space, from Proto-Germanic *fra "forward, away from" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram "from, away," Old Norse fra "from," fram "forward"), from PIE *pro-mo-, suffixed form of *pro (see pro-); the Germanic sense of "moving away" apparently evolved from the notion of "forward motion." It is related to Old English fram "forward; bold; strong," and fremian "promote, accomplish" (see frame (v.)).
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Example
- 1. The news out of europe just goes from bad to worse .
- 2. The greatest share of the spending will , not surprisingly , come from mobile .
- 3. Domestic demand in the country has fallen even harder , down 20 % from 2007 .
- 4. By 2050 , 25 % of our electricity will come from solar .
- 5. It 's actually from my father .