come from

British  

verb

1. to be or have been a resident or native (of)

   Ernst comes from Geneva

2. to originate from or derive from

   chocolate comes from the cacao tree

   the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate

3. informal the reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments

   I can understand where you're coming from

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come from Idioms  

1. See come out of .

2. Arrive from someone or somewhere, as in This package just came from Alice , or Where did these chairs come from? [c. 1300] Also see where one is coming from .

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Example Sentences

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come from

Or is it that you wish they would come from him, and have given up on him being able to meet those needs?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

What harm, I thought, could come from getting a bit more advice?

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

She added that rents could be playing a part in the decline and it would "have to come from the government to begin with to help more" for shops to return.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Many key parts are largely handmade and come from single-source suppliers like Boeing, which makes the missile’s advanced seeker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I was curious to see if she made sense, but also to know where this young woman who was crashing the stock market with her every utterance had come from.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Related Words

• arise
• derive from
• emanate
• flow
• hail from
• originate