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”), *per-. 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.
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from
Inflection of from | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | from | — | —2 |
Neuter singular | fromt | — | —2 |
Plural | fromme | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | fromme | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
from (emphatic fromsa)
From Germanic. Cognate with Old High German fruma (German fromm, Yiddish פֿרום (frum)), Middle Dutch vrōme (Dutch vroom), Old Norse framr.
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from (comparative frommare, superlative frommast)
Inflection of from | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | from | frommare | frommast |
Neuter singular | fromt | frommare | frommast |
Plural | fromma | frommare | frommast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | fromme | frommare | frommaste |
All | fromma | frommare | frommaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |