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== English == === Alternative forms === frome (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (stressed) (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɹɒm/ (General American, Canada) enPR: frŭm, IPA(key): /fɹʌm/ (unstressed) enPR: frəm, IPA(key): /fɹəm/ Rhymes: -ɒm, -ʌm === Preposition === from Used to indicate source or provenance. Originating at (a year, time, etc.) Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference. Indicating a starting point in time. Indicating a starting point on a range or scale. Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point. (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being. Indicating removal or separation. (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation. Indicating exclusion. Indicating differentiation. Produced with or out of (a substance or material). Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of. ==== Synonyms ==== (with the source or provenance of or at): out of (subtraction): take away ==== Antonyms ==== to ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -form, FORM, MoRF, form, form- == Bislama == === Etymology === From English from. === Preposition === from from Because of; on account of == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vrome, from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to German fromm, Dutch vroom (“pious”). In Old Saxon and Old High German, it is a noun meaning "use, benefit", but later it is used as an adjective. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɔmˀ/, [ˈfʁ̥ʌmˀ] === Adjective === from (neuter fromt, plural and definite singular attributive fromme) pious, devout (religious in a serious way) Antonym: ufrom innocent ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fromhed === Further reading === “from” in Den Danske Ordbog “from” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Irish == === Pronoun === from (emphatic fromsa) alternative form of faram (“along with me, beside me; in addition to me; as good as me”) === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “from”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fram, vrom, vram fro, fra, vra, fray (from Old Norse) === Etymology === From Old English from, fram and Old Norse frá, both from Proto-Germanic *fram. === Preposition === from from Synonym: fra ==== Descendants ==== English: from → Scots: from, frome Yola: vrem, vreem, vream, vrim, vrom === References === “from, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Alternative forms === frum === Etymology === Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *framaz (“forward, prominent”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forth”). Cognate with Old High German fruma (German fromm, Yiddish פֿרום (frum)), Middle Dutch vrōme (Dutch vroom), Old Norse framr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /from/ === Adjective === from (superlative frommast) bold, firm, resolute abundant, excellent ==== Declension ==== == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German vrome, from Old Saxon fruma, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to Dutch vroom (“pious”). === Adjective === from pious, godly, devout, religious ==== Derived terms ==== Fromheit == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish fromber, from Middle Low German vrome, from Old Saxon fruma, from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to Dutch vroom (“pious”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frʊm/, [frʊmː] === Adjective === from (comparative frommare, superlative frommast) religious in a quiet and serious way, pious charitable en from stiftelse ― a charitable foundation, a charity ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (pious): andaktsfull, gudfruktig (charitable): allmännyttig, välgörande ==== Derived terms ==== fromhet fromleri fromsint === References === from in Svensk ordbok (SO) from in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) from in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) from in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === form