Etymology

frond

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Today it means: The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf. Full definition →

Latin frons, frond- ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-der.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewd-der.?
  2. Latinfrons, frond-
  3. English todayfrond

Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfrons all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.