From Middle English from, from Old English from, fram, from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram.

• • (RP, Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /fɹɒm/
  • (America, Canada) enPR: frŭm, IPA: /fɹʌm/
• (unstressed) enPR: frəm, IPA: /fɹəm/

1. Used to indicate source or provenance.

   Paul is from New Zealand.

   I got a letter from my brother.

   You can't get all your news from the Internet.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC ↗:

     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.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:

     There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)

   This manuscript is from the 1980s.

3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.

   He had books piled from floor to ceiling.

   He departed yesterday from Chicago.

   This figure has been changed from a one to a seven.

   Face away from the wall!

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

   1. Indicating a starting point in time.

      The working day runs from 9 am to 5 pm.

      Tickets are available from 17th July.

   2. Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.

      Rate your pain from 1 to 10.

      Start counting from 1.

   3. Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.

      You can study anything from math to literature.

   4. With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

      It's hard to tell from here.

      Try to see it from his point of view.

      The bomb went off just 100 yards from where they were standing.

      From the top of the lighthouse you can just see the mainland.

   5. (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being

      I’ve been doing this from pickney.

4. Indicating removal or separation.

   After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.

   The general was ousted from power.

   1. (mathematics, chiefly, British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.

      20 from 31 leaves 11.

5. Indicating exclusion.

   She was barred from entering.

   A parasol protects from the sun.

6. Indicating differentiation.

   Your opinions differ from mine.

   He knows right from wrong.

7. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).

   It's made from pure gold.

8. Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

   Too many people die from breast cancer.

• (with the source or provenance of or at) out of
• (subtraction) take away

• to

• French: de, dans, sur
• German: von (from someone), aus (from somewhere)
• Italian: da, di
• Portuguese: de
• Russian: из
• Spanish: de

• French: de
• German: von
• Italian: da, di
• Portuguese: de
• Russian: из
• Spanish: de, desde

• French: de
• German: von, vor
• Italian: da, di
• Portuguese: de
• Russian: от
• Spanish: de