_From_, according to H. Tooke, is the Anglo-Saxon and Gothic noun
_frum_, beginning, source, author. "He came _from (beginning_)
Rochester." _Of_, he supposes to be a fragment of the Gothic and
Saxon noun _afora_, consequence, offspring, follower. "Solomon, the
son _of (offspring_) David." _Of_ or _off_, in its modern
acceptation, signifies _disjoined, sundered_: A piece _of (off_) the
loaf, is, a piece _disjoined_, or _separated_ from the loaf. The
fragrance _of_ or _off_ the rose.
_For_ signifies _cause_. "I write _for_ your satisfaction;" i.e.
your satisfaction being the _cause. By_ or _be_ is the imperative
_byth_, of the Saxon _beon_, to be. _With_, the imperative of
_withan_, to join; or, when equivalent to _by_, of _wyr-than_, to
be. "I will go _with_ him." "I, _join_ him, will go." _In_ comes
from the Gothic noun _inna_, the interior of the body; a cave or
cell. _About_, from _boda_, the first outward boundary. _Among_ is
the past part. of _gamaengan_, to mingle. _Through_ or _thorough_ is
the Gothic substantive _dauro_, or the Teutonic _thuruh_. It means
passage, gate, door.
_Before_--_be-fore, be-hind, be-low, be-side, be-sides, be-neath_
are formed by combining the imperative, _be_, with the nouns _fore,
hind, low, side, neath. Neath_--Saxon _neothan, neothe_, has the
same signification as _nadir. Be-tween, be-twixt_--_be_ and _twain_.
A dual preposition. _Be-yond_--_be-passed. Beyond_ a place, means,
_be passed_ that place.
_Notwithstanding--not-stand-ing-with, not-withstanding_. "Any order
to the contrary not-withstanding," (this order;) i.e. _not_
effectually _withstanding_ or _opposing_ it.
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