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

The findings, published in iScience, come from a study led by Erick Saldes, Ph.D.,

From Science Daily

"We're expecting some new dinosaur or other egg fossils to come from Aphae and other small islands," he said.

From Science Daily

The numbers come from very different sources: ADP’s data draws on the company’s internal figures on how many roles its huge pool of business customers are adding or subtracting.

From The Wall Street Journal

I speak from my experience — you come from a yelling family or you don’t.

From Los Angeles Times

He said 80% of his leads come from Rightmove which has a "monopoly on the market".

From BBC

Related Words

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