English

from

/ˈfɹɒm/
Used to indicate source or provenance.

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    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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    • inheritedMiddle Englishfrom “from”
      • inheritedOld Englishfrom
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*fram
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*fram “forward, from, away”
            • derivedProto-Indo-European*promo- “in front, forth”

    Related: Old Saxon fram, Old High German fram, Danish frem, Danish fra, Swedish fram, Swedish från, Norwegian Nynorsk fram, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Icelandic fram, Icelandic frá, Albanian pre

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