from  (frŭm, frŏm; frəm when unstressed) 
prep. Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Notes at escape, whence. Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six.
Used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf. Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage. Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong. Because of: faint from hunger.
[Middle English, from Old English fram, forward, from; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] |
