Where does “therefrom” come from?

Therefrom comes from Middle English ther, Old English þær, Proto-Germanic þar, and Proto-Indo-European roots including só, per-, bʰuH-, and pr-.

therefrom (English): From that; from him, her, or it

Definitions

  1. From that; from him, her, or it

Ancestry of “therefrom”, step by step

therefrom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English from

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfromWith the source or provenance of or at; With the...
2Middle Englishfromfrom
3Old Englishfrombold, firm, resolute
4Proto-West Germanic*fram—
5Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
6Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
7Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English there

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
2Old Englishþærthere
3Proto-West Germanicþārthere
4Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
5Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →