NYT Dictionary

FROM

/ˈfɹɔm/
PrepositionFROMfrom · 1 syllableGrade 1

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Meaning

Used to indicate source or provenance.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English from (“from”), from Old English from, fram (“forward, from”), from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic *fram (“forward, from, away”). Cognate with Old Saxon fram (“from”) and Old High German fram (“from”), Danish frem (“forth, forward”), Danish fra (“from”), Swedish fram (“forth, forward”), Swedish från (“from”), Norwegian Nynorsk fram (“forward”), Norwegian Nynorsk frå (“from”), Icelandic fram (“forward, on”), Icelandic frá (“from”), Albanian pre, prej. More at fro.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

out oftake awayafteramongbarringbyexexceptexceptingexcluding

Antonyms

to

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 5 recorded puzzles:

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