preposition

from

FRUHM/frəm/

Indicating the point away from which something originates or is separated.

Water flows from a dark cleft in the rock face.

A small stream visibly begins at a spring in a rock face: water emerges from one dark cleft and flows outward into a short, widening channel.

Etymology

Old English fram marked departure or movement away in space or time. The point something moves away from is its starting point, connecting that departure meaning with the modern use for source or origin.

In context

Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries11:10

The youngest son of Henry II, King of Castile, fell to his death from a window

Inside Spain's Perfectly-Preserved Medieval Fortresses

More examples

The bakery is two blocks from my apartment.
His hands ache from hours of typing.
She lifts the lid from the pot.
Can you tell the original from the copy?

Similar words

off: Specifies separation from a surface rather than a general source.
since: Marks a starting time, not a place or other source.