Prepositions of Origin

What is a preposition of origin?

A preposition of origin describes a person or thing’s origin such as nationality, ethnicity, the place where a thing was built or designed, where someone was born, what something is made of, and so on.

Check the table below for a list of prepositions of origin and when they are used, with example sentences.

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Note: The bolded words are the prepositions of origin, while the rest of the underlined words are the objects of those prepositions. The phrases containing those objects are called prepositional phrases.