from

English

Etymology

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr-, *pro-, *perəm-, *prom- (“forth, forward”), from *por- (“forward, through”). 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”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA: /frɒm/, X-SAMPA: /frQm/
  • (US) enPR: frŭm, IPA: /frʌm/, X-SAMPA: /frVm/; (emphasized) enPR: främ, IPA: /frɑm/, X-SAMPA: /frAm/
• (unstressed) enPR: frəm, IPA: /frəm/, X-SAMPA: /fr@m/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Preposition

from

1. With the source or provenance of or at.

   This wine comes from France.

   I got a letter from my brother.

2. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.

   He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

   He left yesterday from Chicago.

   Face away from the wall.

3. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.

   An umbrella protects from the sun.

   He knows right from wrong.

Synonyms

• (with the source or provenance of or at): out of

Translations

with the source or provenance of or at

• Albanian: nga, prej
• Ancient Greek: ἀπό
• Arabic: من (ar) (min)

  Egyptian Arabic: من (men)

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

  Hebrew: מן (min)

• Bakhtiari: ز (ze), زه (ze)
• Belarusian: ад (be) (ad), з (be) (z)
• Bulgarian: из (bg) (iz), от (bg) (ot)
• Catalan: de (ca), des de (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從 (cmn), 从 (cmn) (cóng), 自 (cmn) (zì), 由 (cmn) (yóu), 由於 (cmn), 由于 (cmn) (yóuyú), 出於 (cmn), 出于 (cmn) (chūyú)

• Czech: z (cs), ze (cs), od (cs)
• Dalmatian: da
• Danish: fra (da)
• Dutch: van (nl), uit (nl)
• Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
• French: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
• German: von (from someone), aus (from somewhere)
• Greek: από (el) (apó)
• Hebrew: מ- (he) (mé)
• Hindi: ...से (hi) (...se)
• Hungarian: -ból/-ből (elative case) -tól/-től (ablative case)
• Icelandic: frá (is)
• Ido: de (io)
• Interlingua: de, ab (ia)
• Irish: ó (ga), uaidh (ga) m
• Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)

• Japanese: ...から (ja) (...kara)
• Korean: ...에서 (ko) (...eseo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: ji (ku)

• Latin: ab (la), a (la), ex (la), e (la)
• Lithuanian: iš (lt)
• Macedonian: од (mk) (od)
• Maltese: minn (mt)
• Neapolitan: a, 'e
• Norwegian: fra (no)
• Persian: از (fa) (az)
• Polish: z (pl), od (pl)
• Portuguese: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
• Rapa Nui: mai
• Romanian: de (ro)
• Russian: из (ru) (iz), от (ru) (ot), с (ru) (s)
• Scots: fae, frae
• Scottish Gaelic: à (gd), às (gd), bho (gd), o (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: iz (sh), из (sh)
• Slovak: z (sk), od (sk)
• Slovene: iz (sl), z (sl), od (sl)
• Spanish: de (es)
• Swedish: från (sv), ur (sv)
• Thai: จาก (th) (jàak)
• Turkish: -den (tr), -dan (tr), -ten (tr), -tan (tr)
• Ukrainian: від (uk) (vid), з (uk) (z)
• Urdu: ...سے (ur) (...se)
• Vietnamese: từ (vi)
• Welsh: oddi (cy)
• West Frisian: fan (fy)
• Yiddish: פון

with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at

• Ancient Greek: ἀπό
• Arabic: من (ar) (min)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

  Hebrew: מן (min)

• Catalan: de (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從 (cmn), 从 (cmn) (cóng), 自 (cmn) (zì), 由 (cmn) (yóu), 由於 (cmn), 由于 (cmn) (yóuyú), 出於 (cmn), 出于 (cmn) (chūyú)

• Czech: z (cs), ze (cs), od (cs)
• Danish: fra (da)
• Dutch: van (nl), uit (nl)
• Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
• French: de (which see for forms of "de" before a definite article)
• German: von (de)
• Hebrew: מ- (he) (mé)
• Hungarian: -ból/-ből (elative case) -tól/-től (ablative case) -ról/-ről (delative case)
• Icelandic: frá (is)

• Interlingua: de
• Irish: ó (ga)
• Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)
• Japanese: から (ja) (kara)
• Latin: ab (la), a (la), a (la)
• Macedonian: од (mk) (od)
• Malay: dari (ms)
• Maltese: minn (mt)
• Norwegian: fra (no)
• Polish: z (pl)
• Portuguese: de (pt)
• Rapa Nui: mai
• Romanian: din, de la (ro)
• Russian: из (ru) (iz), от (ru) (ot), с (ru) (s)
• Scots: fae, frae
• Scottish Gaelic: à (gd), às (gd), bho (gd), o (gd)
• Spanish: de (es), desde (es)
• Swedish: från (sv)
• Turkish: -den, -dan, -ten, -tan
• West Frisian: fan (fy)
• Yiddish: פון

with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of

• Arabic: من (ar) (min)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܡܢ (min)

  Hebrew: מן (min)

• Catalan: de (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從 (cmn), 从 (cmn) (cóng), 自 (cmn) (zì), 由 (cmn) (yóu), 由於 (cmn), 由于 (cmn) (yóuyú), 出於 (cmn), 出于 (cmn) (chūyú)

• Czech: od (cs), proti (cs), před (cs)
• Danish: fra (da); mod (da) when used as protection from someone/something
• Dutch: tegen (nl), van (nl)
• Esperanto: disde (eo)
• Finnish: -sta/-stä (elative case), -lta/-ltä (ablative case)
• French: de (fr)
• German: von (de), vor (de)

• Hebrew: מ- (he) (mé)
• Hungarian: -tól/-től (ablative case)
• Icelandic: frá (is), á móti (is)
• Italian: da (which see for forms of "da" before a definite article), di (which see for forms of "di" before a definite article)
• Latin: ab (la), a (la)
• Macedonian: од (mk) (od)
• Malay: daripada (ms)
• Norwegian: fra (no); mot (no) when used as protection from someone/something
• Polish: od (pl)
• Russian: из (ru) (iz), от (ru) (ot)
• Scots: fae, frae
• Scottish Gaelic: bho (gd), o (gd)
• Spanish: de (es)
• Swedish: från (sv)
• Yiddish: פון

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: de, el
• Guaraní: gui
• Ido: de
• Indonesian: dari, mulai, mulai dari
• Kuna: siki

• Mongolian: -аас (mn) (-aas), -оос (mn) (-oos), -өөс (mn) (-öös), -ээс (mn) (-ees)
• Novial: fro
• Persian: از (æz)
• Slovak: z, zo
• Tupinambá: suí

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: which · have · or · #27: from · this · but · all

Anagrams

• form

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Bislama

Etymology

English from

Preposition

from

1. From
2. Because of; on account of
   • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech^[1], ISBN 978-90-272-1863-6, page 344:

     Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.

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Danish

Adjective

from (neuter fromt, definite and plural fromme)

1. pious; being religious in a quiet and serious way

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Old English

Etymology

From Germanic. Cognate with Old High German fruma (German fromm), Middle Dutch vrōme (Dutch vroom), Old Norse framr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /from/

Adjective

from

1. bold, firm, resolute

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Swedish

Adjective

from

1. pious; being religious in a quiet and serious way
2. charitable

   en from stiftelse

   a charitable foundation, a charity

Declension

Declension of from

Inflections of from		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	from	frommare		frommast
	Neuter	fromt
Definite singular	Masc.	fromme		frommaste
	All	fromma		frommaste
Plural		fromma		frommaste

Synonyms

• (pious): andaktsfull, gudfruktig
• (charitable): allmännyttig, vägörande