Quote Originally Posted by CTPEKO3A
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из любви
из сострадания
из жалости
Sounds a bit bookish..

And it seems to me like you can easily substitute this word with "от" или "из-за".
yeah you're spot on, I totally forgot about those
same as он побледнел от страха. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to generilize on these at this moment. Probly these из + noun expressions that give single noun reasons for why things are done sort of evolved as contractions of из за
As far as от goes, as in тебе будет плохо от этого - you'll feel sick from this, I guess it fills up a borderline niche between reason and origin, you like in certain context the thing that is the source or origin of something is at the same time the cause of it. in english of is sometimes used in this meaning - I'm sick of your whining - меня тошнит от твоего нытья