元もとからMeanings1adverboriginally; from the start; from the beginningIndicates that something has been a certain way from the very beginning, not a later change.彼かれは元もとから優やさしい人ひとだ。He has been a kind person from the start.その問もん題だいは元もとから存そん在ざいしていExpressions足あし元もとから鳥とりが立たつsomething unexpected happens close to home · abruptly; on the spur of the moment地ち球きゅう規き模ぼで考かんがえ、足あし元もとから行こう動どうせよthink globally, act locally