The phrase "arcane from" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means "secret or mysterious in origin or meaning." Here is an example of how it could be used: "The ancient ritual was considered arcane from its origins in a long-forgotten civilization."
Several jurors had accounting backgrounds and were able to parse and to explain the often arcane testimony from accountants and from Mr. Swartz himself about Tyco's accounting practices.
For many years, literary study has been divided among various arcane philosophies, from deconstruction to postcolonialism.
"Oh, yeah," she said, her voice wondering as she remembered this arcane fact from the distant past.
This may all seem like the kind of arcane drama from which Britain voted on 23 June to liberate itself.
On other occasions, Hermione will pluck an arcane connection from some forgotten bit of wizarding lore, prompting Harry to widen his eyes and claim that she's brilliant.
They talk about arcane topics from history, literature, science and philosophy, throwing off casual asides on subjects like Sigmund Freud's theory of "gain through illness" — the idea that people become neurotic because it is useful to them.
While various theories had been suggested for the location of the painting over the years, Grijzenhout was the first researcher to consult an arcane document from 1667, about a decade after the work was painted.
He explores arcane knowledge from the works of Darwin to James Joyce and David Attenborough to Sherlock Holmes, in addition to telling his own wild, don't-try-this-at-home adventures in humorous and compulsively readable prose.
He winkles out the most mesmerising and arcane items from cupboards and shadowy corridors: a Congolese power figure, an Egyptian soul house, grave dollies, magic nails, their appearance as strange as their purpose.
I didn't have to lug along any heavy Web design manuals or wrangle arcane code from a memory already overloaded trying to keep track of the subplots on "Alias".
