from

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.

prep

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.
   Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. 2013-06-29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
   This manuscript is from the 1980s.
3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
   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.
      I’ve been a bad boy from a little youth. 17-08-2021, TStackz & Kapz (lyrics and music), “BGB”, 1:01–1:03
4. Indicating removal or separation.
   After twenty minutes, remove the cake from the oven.
   The general was ousted from power.
   1. (mathematics, chiefly Britain, 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.
   In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
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.