Where does “from” come from?

from (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish fromber, from Middle Low German vrome, from Old Saxon fruma, from Proto-Germanic frumô — first.

from (Swedish): pious; being religious in a quiet and serious...

Definitions

  1. pious; being religious in a quiet and serious...

Ancestry of “from”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfromberprominent, posh, powerful
2Middle Low Germanvrome
3Old Saxonfruma
4Proto-Germanicfrumôfirst

Words derived from “from

Every word from Proto-Germanic frumôEvery word from Old Saxon frumaEvery word from Middle Low German vrome