fro
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
fro
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.
Adverb[edit]
fro (not comparable)
Usage notes[edit]
In modern English, used only in the set phrase to and fro (“back and forth”).[1]
Derived terms[edit]
Preposition[edit]
fro
- (obsolete) From.
- c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 15–16:
- The preest that hawkys so,
All grace is far hym fro.
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of afro.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
fro (plural fros)
References[edit]
- ^ Arika Okrent (2019 July 5) “12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms”, in Mental Floss[1], Pocket, retrieved 2021-10-08
See also[edit]
- fro-yo (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrō (“happy”), from Proto-Germanic *frawaz (“energetic”), cognate with German froh, Old Norse frár (“swift”).
Adjective[edit]
fro
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrō (“early”, adverb).
Adverb[edit]
fro
- (obsolete) early
- 1747, Speculum vitæ aulicæ, eller den fordanskede Reynike Fosz, page 234:
- Heel tilig meget froe, der Solen knap var oppe.
- Quite early, very early when the sun was barely on the heaven.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Verb[edit]
fro
Middle English[edit]
Adverb[edit]
fro
- from
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
- That if I might skapen fro prisoun
- That if I can escape from prison
- That if I might skapen fro prisoun
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- froc (Guernsey)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), from Frankish *hrokk (“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz (“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- (“upper clothes, shirt”).
Pronunciation[edit]
(Jersey)Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
fro m (plural frocs)
Synonyms[edit]
Old High German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *frau, from Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).
Adjective[edit]
frō (inflected frawes)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle High German: vrō
Old Saxon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).
Adjective[edit]
frō (comparative frōworo, superlative frōwost)
Declension[edit]
Strong declension | ||||||
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gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | frō | frōe | frō | frōe | frō | frōu |
accusative | frōana | frōe | frō | frōe | frōa | frōu |
genitive | frōes | frōarō | frōes | frōarō | frōaro | frōarō |
dative | frōumu | frōum | frōumu | frōum | frōaro | frōum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | frōo | frōu | frōa | frōu | frōa | frōu |
accusative | frōun | frōun | frōa | frōun | frōun | frōun |
genitive | frōun | frōonō | frōun | frōonō | frōun | frōonō |
dative | frōun | frōum | frōun | frōum | frōun | frōum |
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | frōworo | frōworu | frōwora | frōworu | frōwora | frōworu |
accusative | frōworun | frōworun | frōwora | frōworun | frōworun | frōworun |
genitive | frōworun | frōworonō | frōworun | frōworonō | frōworun | frōworonō |
dative | frōworun | frōworum | frōworun | frōworum | frōworun | frōworum |
Strong declension | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | frōwost | frōwoste | frōwost | frōwoste | frōwost | frōwostu |
accusative | frōwostana | frōwoste | frōwost | frōwoste | frōwosta | frōwostu |
genitive | frōwostes | frōwostarō | frōwostes | frōwostarō | frōwostaro | frōwostarō |
dative | frōwostumu | frōwostum | frōwostumu | frōwostum | frōwostaro | frōwostum |
Weak declension | ||||||
gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural |
nominative | frōwosto | frōwostu | frōwosta | frōwostu | frōwosta | frōwostu |
accusative | frōwostun | frōwostun | frōwosta | frōwostun | frōwostun | frōwostun |
genitive | frōwostun | frōwostonō | frōwostun | frōwostonō | frōwostun | frōwostonō |
dative | frōwostun | frōwostum | frōwostun | frōwostum | frōwostun | frōwostum |
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fro
- Soft mutation of bro.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bro | fro | mro | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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