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

“I do not come from a wealthy family, and I was failed often in my own educational journey,” wrote Kentucky mother Akia McNeary in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal

I moved out in larger and larger circles and could find no fox tracks, no sign that a fox had come from anywhere or gone anywhere.

From Literature

Word had come from Mr. Weiss in Ikuma.

From Literature

At last Sunday’s Actor Awards, producer Scott Stuber — a key growth figure for Universal in the early 2000s and former chairman of Netflix Films — told Variety that he hopes something good can come from the losses of the potential merger.

From Salon

There was likely to be congestion at busy times of the day, for example west to east in the afternoon and evening when Europe to Asia flights are typically scheduled, and east to west early in the morning when flights tend to come from Asia to Europe, he said.

From BBC

Related Words

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