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Come from

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality. transitive

    "Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden."

  2. 2
    To be derived from. transitive

    "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."

  3. 3
    To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point. transitive

    "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."

Etymology

From Middle English comen from.

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