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- Middle English · inherited fromtherfrom
- English todaytherefrom
From Middle English therfrom, þærfrom, þarvram (also as ther-fro, þer-fro, þarfra), equivalent to there + from. Cognate with Danish derfra, Swedish därifrån, Norwegian Bokmål derfra, Norwegian Nynorsk derifrå, derfrå, Icelandic þarfrá. Compare Saterland Frisian deerfon, West Frisian dêrfan, Dutch daarvan, German Low German daarvan, German davon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.