frontal

frontal · adjective, noun¹

1. New Latin · borrowed fromfrontālis
2. English todayfrontal

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

frontal · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromfrontāle“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”
2. Old French · derived fromfrontel
3. Middle English · inherited fromfrountel
4. English todayfrontal

From Middle English frountel, from Old French frontel, from Latin frontāle (“a frontlet, metal band for the forehead”).

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