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.

English - Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /frɒm/
  • (US) enPR: frŭm, IPA^(key): /frʌm/; (emphasized) enPR: främ, IPA^(key): /frɑm/
• (unstressed) enPR: frəm, IPA^(key): /frəm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm

English - Preposition

from

1. With the source or provenance of or at.

   This wine comes from France.  I got a letter from my brother

   • 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

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

English - Anagrams

• form

Bislama - Etymology

English from

Bislama - Preposition

from

1. from
2. Because of; on account of

Danish - Adjective

from (neuter fromt, definite and plural fromme)

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

Old English - Etymology

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

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /from/

Old English - Adjective

from

1. bold, firm, resolute

Declension

Swedish - Adjective

from (comparative frommare, superlative frommast)

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

   en from stiftelse

   a charitable foundation, a charity

Declension

Synonyms

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

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