Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗From (a place); off. · Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). · From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). · Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.
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"Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).",
"From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).",
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