"from" in seven languages
Meaningfrom
Spanish
de
/de/
inherited
Desde stresses the starting point: desde Lisboa hasta Madrid.
French
de
/də/
inherited
D' before a vowel; de + le → du: le train du matin.
Italian
da
/da/
other source · probably Latin DĒ + AB
Origin with essere takes di: sono di Roma 'I'm from Rome', but vengo da Roma.
Portuguese
de
/dʒi/
inherited
It fuses with the article: de + o → do.
Romanian
de la
/de la/
inherited
de + la 'at'; din (de + în) is 'out of a place': sunt din Lisabona.
Catalan
de
/də/
inherited
English
from
/fɹʌm/
native English · Old English fram
English → ItalianfromdaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
DĒ‘from, down from, about’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin DĒ 'down from' became the all-purpose 'of' and 'from' in Spanish and French. Italian splits the two: di for 'of', da for 'from'.
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In a sentence
- esEl tren de Lisboa llega con retraso.
- frLe train de Lisbonne a du retard.
- itIl treno da Lisbona è in ritardo.
- ptO trem de Lisboa está atrasado.
- roTrenul de la Lisabona are întârziere.
- caEl tren de Lisboa va amb retard.
- enThe train from Lisbon is late.