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Where does “frommarding” come from?

frommarding (English) comes from English fromward, from Middle English fromward, from Old English framweard, from Old English fram, from Proto-West Germanic *fram, from Proto-Germanic fram, from Proto-Germanic framaz, from Proto-Indo-European prom- — passed , crossed.

frommarding (English): The ploughing done by turning the horses to the...

Definitions

  1. The ploughing done by turning the horses to the...

Ancestry of “frommarding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfromwardTurned away; averse; Leaning or listing away...
2Middle Englishfromward—
3Old Englishframweardabout to depart, departing, doomed to die; with...
4Old Englishframfrom; forward
5Proto-West Germanic*fram—
6Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
7Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
8Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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