come from

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come from

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From Middle English comen from.

verb comes from · coming from · came from · come from

transitive To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality. Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.
transitive To be derived from. Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
transitive To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point. Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself.
Opposite: drive at, get at

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verb have as one's birthplace or nationality

Español	ser de
中文	來自 /来自 láizì
Português	vir de, ser de
Tiếng Việt	đến từ, quê ở, ở

verb be derived from

Español	venir de, provenir de, proceder de
中文	源自 yuánzì
Português	vir de
Tiếng Việt	đến từ

verb derive one's opinions from

中文	以……為依據 /以……为依据 yǐ... wéi yījù, 想法 xiǎngfǎ
Português	ver o lado de, entender

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@misc{come_from_2026,
  title = {come from},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20from},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}