fro

fro · adverb, preposition¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*promo-“forth, forward”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fram“from”
3. Old Norse · derived fromfrá“from”
4. Old English · inherited fromfra“from”
5. Middle English · inherited fromfro
6. English todayfro

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.

fro · noun²

Clipping of afro.

Words from the same roots