From

French Meaning

de

à partir de

depuis

dès

de la part de

d'après

English Meaning

  1. Used to indicate a specified place or time as a starting point: walked home from the station; from six o'clock on. See Usage Notes at escape, whence.
  2. Used to indicate a specified point as the first of two limits: from grades four to six.
  3. Used to indicate a source, cause, agent, or instrument: a note from the teacher; taking a book from the shelf.
  4. Used to indicate separation, removal, or exclusion: keep someone from making a mistake; liberation from bondage.
  5. Used to indicate differentiation: know right from wrong.
  6. Because of: faint from hunger.
  7. from away Chiefly Maine Not native to a state or locality.